O mio babbino caro (Oh my dear papa) is a soprano aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi (1918) by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between her father Schicchi and the family of Rinuccio, the boy she loves, have reached a breaking point that threatens to separate her from Rinuccio. It provides an interlude expressing lyrical simplicity and love in contrast with the atmosphere of hypocrisy, jealousy, double-dealing, and feuding in medieval Florence.
Other Performances
Keyboard Version by Chicken
Maria Callas
Lyrics
Italiano
O mio babbino caro, mi piace, è bello bello, vo’andare in Porta Rossa a comperar l’anello!
Si, si, ci voglio andare! E se l’amassi indarno, andrei sul Ponte Vecchio ma per buttarmi in Arno!
Mi struggo e mi tormento, O Dio! Vorrei morir! Babbo, pietà, pietà! Babbo, pietà, pietà!
English
Oh my dear papa, I love him, he is handsome, handsome, I want to go to Porta Rossa To buy the ring!
Yes, yes, I want to go there! And if I loved him in vain, I would go to the Ponte Vecchio, And throw myself in the Arno!
I am anguished and tormented! Oh God, I’d want to die! Papa, have pity, have pity! Papa, have pity, have pity!
