| | The Good, the Gorgeous, the Funny One of my new little students (7 year old little boy) informed me yesterday that there is only one key on the piano that does not have a notch in it -- the top one-- ; all others have to have room to fit black keys in between them. Somehow I never noticed. . . ya learn something new every day! I ran across this oh-so-funny video of one of my favorite arias. . . but I think that perhaps you have to be a classical music geek to appreciate it fully. But we can go on a little Puccini trip across the internet to boost customer awareness. Wanna come? Here's a recording of the song in its orginal lushness; words below so you can appreciate the pathos (and the later comedy, but that would be telling, wouldn't it?). | O mio babbino caro | Oh my dear daddy |
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| mi piace è bello, bello; | he is pleasing to me, and so handsome; | | vo'andare in Porta Rossa | I want to go to Porta Rossa | | a comperar l'anello! | to buy the ring! | | Sì, sì, ci voglio andare! | Yes, yes, I want to go there! | | e se l'amassi indarno, | And if my love were in vain, | | andrei sul Ponte Vecchio, | I would go to the Ponte Vecchio, | | ma per buttarmi in Arno! | and throw myself in the Arno! | | Mi struggo e mi tormento! | I am aching, I am tortured! | | O Dio, vorrei morir! | Oh God, I'd rather die! | | Babbo, pietà, pietà! | Father, have pity, have pity! | | Babbo, pietà, pietà! | Father, have pity, have pity! |
And then here. . .well, you'll get the idea quickly enough. Enjoy.  |
