On Monday night, I had a painful dream. I was on a train with my daughter and her friends. I heard a male opera singer singing “O Mio Babbino Caro”, the aria by Puccini. “Oh my dear Papa” is an aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi. In the dream, I heard it sung by a male voice, though it is written for soprano. I tried to sing it to the children, but cou…
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