Un Bel Di Vedremo: “is a soprano aria from the opera Madama Butterfly (1904) by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is sung by Cio-Cio San, when she imagines and performs the return of Pinkerton on a white ship, signalled by a thread of smoke on the far horizon.” (Wikipedia, Un Bel Di Vedremo). It is an extraordinary soprano aria sung by Madama Butterfly in the moment act of Giacomo Puccini's appalling opera, Madama Butterfly. The lyrics was composed by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa and freely based on John Luther Long's brief story, "Madame Butterfly," as well as Pierre Loti's novel Madame Chrysanthème.
It sets up that Butterfly has presently been left by Pinkerton, but still clings to the conviction
It sets up that Butterfly has presently been left by Pinkerton, but still clings to the conviction