A room with a view - O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini (HD)

“O mio babbino caro“ (“Oh my dear Papa”) 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. The version in this video is performed by Anna Netrebko O mio babbino caro, mi piace, è bello, bello, Vo’ andare in Porta Rossa a comperar l’anello! Sì, sì, ci voglio andare! E se l’amassi indarno, andrei sul Ponte Vecchio, ma per buttarmi in Arno! Mi struggo e mi tormento! O Dio, vorrei morir! Babbo, pietà, pietà! Babbo, pietà, pietà! Literal translation: Oh my dear papa, I love him, he is handsome, handsome, I want to go to Porta Rossa To buy the ring! Yes, yes, I want to go there! And if I loved him in vain, I would go to the Ponte Vecchio, And throw myself in the Arno! I am anguished and tormented! Oh God, I’d want to die! Papa, have pity, have pity! Papa, have pity, have pity! “A room with a view“ is a 1985 British romance film directed by James Ivory with a screenplay written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, of E. M. Forster’s novel of the same name (1908). It stars Helena Bonham Carter as Lucy and Julian Sands as George, and features Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench and Simon Callow in supporting roles. Set in England and Italy, it is about a young woman named Lucy Honeychurch in the final throes of the restrictive and repressed culture of Edwardian England, and her developing love for a free-spirited young man, George Emerson (Wikipedia) DISCLAIMER: I am not making any money off of this video or this channel and all videos/edits are in accordance with copyright/fair use