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Revision as of 02:22, 12 November 2021
"Mio diletto, mio sospiro"[1] (also "Mio diletto, mio respiro"[2]) is an aria from Franesco Cavalli's opera Elena. The author of the libretti is by Giovanni Faustini and Nicolò Minato who finished it after Faustini's deathCite error: The opening <ref>
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The duet "Mio diletto, mio sospiro" appears at in Act III Scene I when Helen and Menelaos reconcile. Menelaos has much to account for: after all, charmed by Helen's beauty, he had taken on the guise of a battle-hardened Amazon to get close to her, to offer her combat training, a move which led to his own abduction by an enarmored Teseo.
"Mio diletto, mio sospiro" appears on the following album:
Year | Album | Ensemble |
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2017 (recorded) | Ombra mai fu (Album) | Ensemble Artaserse |
Libretto
from Elena
Francesco Cavalli (music), Giovanni Faustini, Nicolò Minato (words)
Modernized Italian | |
Menelao |
Ancient Italian | |
Menelao *) "neui" = "nevi"; "v" and "u" are often used interchangeably. |
Menelaus |
Manuscripts and sheet music
Free Libretto:
- Libretto at the Library of Congress
- Cavalli, Pier Francesco. Elena : drama per mvsica nel Teatro à S. Cassano, per l'anno 1659. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Si vende da Giacomo Batti in frez., In Venetia, 1659, monographic. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- All'Illustriss. & Eccellentiss. Sig. Angelo Morosini procurator di S. Marco.[1]
- Call Number/Physical Location: ML48 [S1746], Microfilm Music 1854, reel 37. Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [197-]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Sheet music:
- Modern Transcript
- Kane, Kirsten (2006). "Francesco Cavalli's Elena (1659): A Study And Edition Volume 1". Cornell University. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.[5]
- Manuscript
- Originaler Titel: [reverse page:] Il rapimento d'Helena
- Material: score: 174f.
- Manuscript copy: 1640-1660 (17.me)
- 4 parts - vl 1, 2, vla, bc
- Manuscript copy: 1640-1660; 1640-1660
- other parts missing
- Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (I-Vnm) It.IV,369[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cavalli, Pier Francesco. Elena : drama per mvsica nel Teatro à S. Cassano, per l'anno 1659. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Si vende da Giacomo Batti in frez., In Venetia, 1659, monographic. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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- ↑ "Elena". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ↑ English Translation: 2021 by FR
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kane, Kirsten (2006). "Francesco Cavalli's Elena (1659): A Study And Edition Volume 1". Cornell University. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ↑ "Elena". RISM OPAC. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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