Un Bel Di (One Fine Day) (Puccini) (Holidays/Columbus Day)

From "Madama Butterfly," 1904 opera by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Sung by Cio-Cio San, the hapless Nagasaki geisha abandoned by American Lieutenant Pinkerton, hoping he'll return to her and their child "One Fine Day."