Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi.

O mio babbino caro (Instrumental) from the opera Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini. From the album "Puccini Without Words.

Gianni Schicchi (Italian pronunciation: ) is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy. The work is the third and final part of Puccini's Il trittico (The Triptych)-three one-act operas with contrasting themes, originally written to be presented together.

Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi. As with all Puccini, passions run high in Gianni Schicchi. This 1918 opera depicts the life of a scheming yet ingenious peasant, who tries to cash in on an old man’s vulnerability by changing his will and securing a pay-off for his daughter’s wedding. And, while it would be easy to blame the peasant entirely, Puccini uses the opera’s most famous aria to make it abundantly clear that his daughter should arguably shoulder some of the responsibility, too. The glorious ‘O mio babbino caro’ (‘O my beloved papa’) is sung by the young Lauretta as she pleads with her.

I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. Gianni Schicchi, age 50 (baritone) Lauretta, his daughter, age 21 (soprano) Zita, cousin of Buoso Donati, age 60 (alto) Rinuccio, Zita's nephew, age 24 (tenor) Gherardo, Buoso's nephew, age 40 (tenor) Nella, Gherardo's wife, age 34 (soprano) Gherardino, their son, age 7 (soprano or treble) Betto di Signa, Buoso's brother-in-law, poor and shabbily dressed, of uncertain age.

Giacomo Puccini - O mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi) O mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi) Giacomo Puccini. Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix. O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi. Un bel dì from Madama Butterfly.

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Gianni Schicchi (Italian pronunciation:, JAN-nee SKEEK-kee) is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917-18. The work is the third and final part of Puccini's Il trittico (The Triptych)†three one-act operas with contrasting themes, originally written to be presented together

Quartet from La rondine by Giacomo Puccini Renée Fleming, soprano, Jonas Kaufmann, tenor; Barbara Vignudelli, soprano; Paolo Cauterucci, tenor; Chorus and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Giuseppe Verdi; Marco Armiliato, conductor (Milan 2008. O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicci by Giacomo Puccini Maria Callas, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Tullio Serafin, conductor (London 1954. EMI 7243 5 657462 5). Thanks to our sponsors.