O Mio Babbino Caro (Balmages)

From Wind Repertory Project
Brian Balmages

Brian Balmages


Subtitle: From Gianni Schichii, for Solo Tuba or Euphonium and Band


General Info

Year: 2000
Duration: c. 2:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: FJH Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts - $50.00   |   Score Only - $7.50


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Solo Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Suspended Cymbal
Vibraphone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

O mio babbino caro (Oh My Beloved Father) 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 single-hearted love in contrast with the atmosphere of hypocrisy, jealousy, double-dealing, and feuding in the medieval Florence of Puccini's only comedy. It provides the only set-piece in the through-composed opera.

The aria was first performed at the premiere of Gianni Schicchi on 14 December 1918 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York by the popular Edwardian English soprano Florence Easton. It has been sung subsequently by many sopranos. Dame Joan Hammond won a Gold Record in 1969 for 1 million sold copies of this aria.

- Program Note from Wikipedia


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Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project The Loomis Chaffee School (Windsor, Conn.) Wind Ensemble (David Winer, conductor; Benson Wang, tuba) - 12 December 2021


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