--- title: Watch This Dad Sing Opera for His Daughter at Disney World description: The 'magic of Disney' has earned a whole new meaning since one father sang 'Ave Maria' for his daughter during their Disney World trip. canonical: https://time.com/5560610/disney-dad-singing-opera/ author: Rachel E. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-28T17:31:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:26.412Z og:title: Disney Dad Singing Opera Should Be a New Attraction og:description: This father hit every note of 'Ave Maria' with perfection og:url: https://time.com/5560610/disney-dad-singing-opera/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Disney Dad Singing Opera Should Be a New Attraction twitter:description: This father hit every note of 'Ave Maria' with perfection twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Disney Dad Singing Opera for His Daughter Should Be a New Amusement Park Attraction by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Mar 28, 2019 5:31 PM UTC by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Mar 28, 2019 5:31 PM UTC The “[magic of Disney](http://time.com/4525871/disney-live-action-movies/)” may have earned a whole new meaning ever since one father sang like an angel for his daughter during their vacation at the Disney World resort in Florida. Justin Gigliello shared the joyous occasion on his Twitter account over the weekend. His daughter asked the pianist at one of the park’s hotels, the Grand Floridian, to play the opera song “Ave Maria” while he sang. Gigliello, who is a voice and piano teacher in Connecticut, according to his Twitter page, hit every note of the classic Franz Schubert piece with perfection. > [](https://twitter.com/JGigliello/status/1109820683872358401) The heartwarming video shows Gigliello’s daughter standing proud and enthralled by his performance. “My daughter is extremely excited with how many people are enjoying this video,” Gigliello later wrote in another tweet about the video, which has reached 150,000 views as of Thursday. It’s clear that every parent now needs to up their game. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5560610/disney-dad-singing-opera/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5560610/disney-dad-singing-opera/"},"headline":"Disney Dad Singing Opera for His Daughter Should Be a New Amusement Park Attraction","datePublished":"2019-03-28T17:31:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:26.412Z","description":"This father hit every note of 'Ave Maria' with perfection","url":"https://time.com/5560610/disney-dad-singing-opera/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel E. Greenspan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5560610/disney-dad-singing-opera/","name":"Disney Dad Singing Opera for His Daughter Should Be a New Amusement Park Attraction"}}]}] ```