We've listened to hundreds of versions of songs commonly used in wedding ceremonies and chosen the ones that, in our opinion, are some of the best.
Below we provide several samples of Un Bel Di, a composition by Giacomo Puccini from the opera "Madame Butterfly", that's sometimes used for the Bride's Processional.First (1), we provide a complete version of the song so you can hear it from the beginning - just click the title of the song. Then (2) we provide a compilation of some of the best samples we could find.
(1) To start, let's hear a complete version of the song here: Un Bel Di.
(2) And now here are some of the best samples for your ceremony broken down into specific musical categories...
Voice
Flute
Harp
Piano
Strings
Un Bel Di Lyrics (English translation)
One good day, we will see
Arising a strand of smoke
Over the far horizon on the sea
And then the ship appears
And then the ship is white
It enters into the port, it rumbles its salute.
Do you see it? He is coming!
I don't go down to meet him, not I.
I stay upon the edge of the hill
And I wait a long time
but I do not grow weary of the long wait.
And leaving from the crowded city,
A man, a little speck
Climbing the hill.
Who is it? Who is it?
And as he arrives
What will he say? What will he say?
He will call Butterfly from the distance
I without answering
Stay hidden
A little to tease him,
A little as to not die.
At the first meeting,
And then a little troubled
He will call, he will call
"Little one, dear wife
Blossom of orange"
The names he called me at his last coming.
All this will happen,
I promise you this
Hold back your fears -
I with secure faith wait for him.
