O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi


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O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi「啊!我親愛的爸爸」-選自歌劇〔賈尼斯基基〕
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Giacomo Puccini has been described as the great composer who “brought the history of Italian opera to an end”. The plot of “La Boheme” is centered on a community of artists in Paris. The character Musetta sings the waltz “Quando me'n vò” to attract the attention of her lover. In “Un bel dì vedremo”, Madame Butterfly tells her maid Suzuki that she is convinced that her lover will return. “Nessun Dorma” (None shall sleep) is an aria from the final act of Puccini's final opera “Turandot”. Calif, the unknown prince, falls in love with the princess Turandot. Calif asks Turandot to guess his name, after he has successfully answered all three riddles put forth to him. Turandot decrees that none of her subjects should fall sleep until someone can discover the name of the “unknown prince”. Calif therefore sings out this most famous tenor tunes in operatic music, which is filled with love and passion. The opera “Gianni Schicchi” is best remembered by its beautiful and touching aria “O Mio Babbino Caro”, where the daughter begs her father to allow her to marry the man she loves. 普契尼被認為是意大利歌劇歷史劃上句號的最後一位作曲家,其受歡迎的作品多不勝數。〔波希米亞人〕描寫巴黎一群潦倒藝術家的生活,女主角Musetta高歌一曲華爾滋「當我走上大街」,吸引了男主角的注意。在「當那晴朗的一天」一曲,蝴蝶夫人向僕人Suzuki細訴心事,堅信已變心的愛郎會有歸家的一天。杜蘭朵是一個中國公主,異國王子愛上了她,在答對了公主出的三個謎語後,要求公主猜他的名字,殘暴成性的公主竟下令國人在未查出王子姓名前不可睡覺,王子於是唱出一曲充滿愛意的「公主徹夜未眠」。「啊!我親愛的爸爸」是歌劇〔賈尼斯基基〕中最著名的一首女高音詠嘆調,女主角哀求父親准許她與愛人結婚。