"O mio babbino caro" ("Oh My Beloved Father") 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 single-hearted love in contrast with the atmosphere of hypocrisy, jealousy, double-dealing, and feuding in the medieval Florence of Puccini's only comedy.[not verified in body] It provides the only set-piece in the through-composed opera.
| Original Name | O mio babbino caro |
| Librettist | Giovacchino Forzano |
| Date of composition | 1918 (from the opera Gianni Schicchi) |
| Premiered | 1918, December 14th (Metropolitan Opera) in New York, NY, United States |
| Type | Aria |
| Spoken language | Italian |
| Instruments | Voice (Soprano) |
| Autotranslations beta |
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