"Who wrote the aria ""O mio babbino caro""?"
O mio babbino caro O mio babbino caro "" ("Oh my dear daddy") 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 love in contrast with the atmosphere of hypocrisy, jealousy, double-dealing, and feuding in medieval Florence. It provides the only set-piece in the through-composed opera. The aria was first performed at the premiere
O mio babbino caro A-flat major with the time signature of and a tempo indication of "andantino " ( = 120). The vocal range extends from E to A, with a tessitura of F to A. The five-bar orchestral prelude, in E-flat major and time, consists of octave tremolos by the strings; in the opera, these five bars are Gianni Schicchi's words () at the end of his preceding dialogue with Rinuccio. Many recital arrangements start with a presentation of the melodic theme; the remaining accompaniment uses strings and a harp playing broken chords. O mio babbino caro "" ("Oh my dear daddy") is