Firenze a Puccini (Holidays/Columbus Day)

"O Mio Babbino Caro," (O My Dear Papa), a serious moment in the otherwise comic opera "Gianni Schicchi," (1918) by Giacomo Puccini(1858-1924). This aria is pleadingly sung by young Lauretta to her unscrupulous Florentine father, insisting she will throw herself off the Ponte Vecchio into the Arno if he doesn't allow her to be with the man she loves.