Un bel dì vedremo Un bel dì vedremo "" ("One fine day we'll see") is a soprano aria from the opera "Madama Butterfly" (1904) by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is sung by Cio-Cio San/Madama Butterfly (on stage with Suzuki), as she imagines the return of her absent love, Pinkerton. "Un bel dì vedremo" is the opera's most famous aria and one of the most popular pieces in the soprano repertoire. Three years after her marriage to U.S. naval officer named Pinkerton, Cio-Cio San ("Butterfly") awaits the return of her long-absent husband to Japan. Her maid, Suzuki,
Julianna Di Giacomo made her debut with the New York Philharmonic as the soprano soloist in Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9"; a work she had performed a year earlier with the Vienna Philharmonic. Also in 2014, she made her debut at the San Francisco Opera as Amelia in "Un ballo in maschera", appeared at the Hollywood Bowl as Nedda in "Pagliacci" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and portrayed Desdemona in "Otello" at the Teatro Massimo. In May 2015 Di Giacomo portrayed the title role in Verdi's "Luisa Miller" at the Teatro di San Carlo. In June 2015 she portrayed Leonora for her debut with