O mio babbino caro (Oh my dear papa) is a soprano aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi (1918) by Giacomo Puccini, set 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 — reach a breaking point that threatens to separate them. The aria offers a moment of lyrical simplicity and pure affection, standing in sharp contrast to the surrounding atmosphere of hypocrisy, jealousy, deceit, and family feuds in medieval Florence.
Other Performances
Keyboard Version by Chicken
Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson)
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!
