Category: Italian Opera

My daughter is getting married.  It is my responsibility, as her
father, to choose a song to which my daughter and I will dance.

I would prefer an Italian aria which expresses a father's love for his daughter.

The aria should be moving and beautiful.  Please keep in mind that we
must be able to dance to the music.

Following the criteria mentioned above:
a. Create a list of six possible arias, if possible.
b. Cite two or three artists who have performed the aria.
c. Cite the recording/CD where the artist and aria can be heard


Sincerely,

Robert Spring

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 07 Jan 2006 11:49 PST

This may be quite difficult, in view of the fact that many arias in
which fathers express love for their daughters are quite downbeat, and
involve references to coercion, fear, death, and other unpleasant
matters that would, I think, render them unsuitable as wedding-related
songs.

There are many non-operatic Italian songs that might meet your needs.
Would you consider songs that are not arias from operas?

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Clarification of Question by ras1946-ga on 07 Jan 2006 13:56 PST

Pinkfreud-ga:

After I posted my question, I thought of the very thing which you
mention: downbeat and heavy scenarios.

Yes, Italian songs are a acceptable.

There's an interesting article here which describes several of Verdi's
father/daughter relationships and the arias associated with them:

http://www.operainfo.org/intermissions/intermissionFeaturesDetails.cgi?id=79&language=1&month=12&year=2005&int_page_id=500000000000253

This is an easy one
Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli -- Time to say goodbye
http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb412.html to see lyricks in
Italian and English
go listen to it and you'll be ready to move on to the next step in planning.

"Lauretta" is a lovely Italian song for a father/daughter dance.

You can listen to a clip here:

http://audio.cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/r/o/romanholiday-04.mp3

Here you'll find the lyrics:

http://freeweb.supereva.com/acieno/Testi/It-L/Lauretta.html

You want an operetta, not an opera
check out this google search term
italian operetta wedding song

or just take whatever pink offers - it's sure to be a good idea.

"Waltz for Debby" isn't exactly an Italian song, but it is a wonderful
(and danceable) father/daughter song, and it's sung by a famous
Italian-American, Tony Bennett:

http://www.collectablesrecords.com/product/playtrack.cfm/product_80902_track_11_disc_1_player_wm.html