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+{{Short description|duet from the opera Elena by Francesco Cavalli}}<!-- no repetition of page title-->
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-'''"{{lang|it|TITLE}}"''........<ref name="Wiki"/>
+'''"{{lang|it|Mio diletto, mio sospiro}}"<ref name="LibrettoLOC"/>''' (also ''"Mio diletto, mio respiro"''<ref name="Kane"/>) 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 death<ref Rosand"/>. The opera premiered at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice on 26 December 1659.<ref name="Wiki"/>
-It appears on the following album:
+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:
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+| 2017 (recorded)
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+| [[Ombra mai fu (Album)]]
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+| [[Ensemble Artaserse]]
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-| title            =
+| title            = Mio diletto, mio sospiro
-| english-title    =
+| english-title    = My delight, my sighs
-| composer         =
+| composer         = [[Francesco Cavalli]]
-| lyricist         =
+| lyricist         = [[Giovanni Faustini]], [[Nicolò Minato]]
-| work             =
+| work             = [[Elena (Francesco Cavalli)|Elena]]
 | catalogue        =
-| role             =
+| role             =  Menelao
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 {{Libretti
-| country =
+| country =Italy
-| language-note =
+| language-note =Modernized Italian
-| libretto-text =
+| libretto-text =<poem>{{lang|it|'''Menelao'''
-}}
+Ecco l'Idolo mio: come tornate
-{{Libretti
+Amica ò pur rubella?
-| country =
+Che risolveste, ò bella?
-| language-note =
+'''Elena'''
-| libretto-text =
+A la vostra modestia, a vostro amore
-}}
+Cede vinto il mio core.
+'''Menelao'''
+Gradite i miei affetti?
+Elena
+Il centro sete voi de' miei diletti
+'''Menelao'''
+Deh baciar mi lasciate
+Queste nevi animate
+Questi candidi avori
+In testimon’ de' miei felici amori.
+'''Elena'''
+Da chi ci ha rapito
+Fuggir ci conviene;
+'''Menelao'''
+Sì, fuggirem’, mio bene.
+'''A2'''
+Mio diletto, mio sospiro
+In te vivo, in te respiro,
+La mia gioia tu sarai
+Nel mio seno tu vivrai,
+Io tuo ben, tua vita io sono,
+L'anima ti consacro, il cor ti dono.
+}}</poem>
+}}{{Libretti
+| country =Italy
+| language-note =Ancient Italian
+| libretto-text =<poem>{{lang|it|'''Menelao'''
+Ecco l'Idolo mio: come tornate
+Amica ò pur rubella?
+Che risolueste, ò bella?
+'''Elena'''
+A la vostra modestia, a vostro amore
+Cede vinto il mio core.
+'''Menelao'''
+Gradite i miei affetti?
+Elena
+Il centro sete voi de' miei diletti
+'''Menelao'''
+Deh bacciar mi lasciate
+Queste neui animae<nowiki>*</nowiki>
+Questi candidi avori
+In testimon de' miei felici amori.
+'''Elena'''
+Da chi ci hà rapito
+Fuggir ci conuiene ;
+'''Menelao'''
+Sì, fuggirem, mio bene.
+'''A2'''
+Mio diletto, mio sospiro
+In te viuo, in te respiro,
+La mia gioia tu sarai
+Nel mio seno tu viurai,
+Io tuo ben, tua vita io sono,
+L'anima ti consacro, il cor ti dono.}}</poem>
+<div class="footnotes"><poem><nowiki>*) "neui" = "nevi"; "v" and "u" are often used interchangeably.</nowiki></poem></div>
+}}<!--
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 {{Libretti
-| country =
+| country =United Kingdom
 | language-note =
-| libretto-text =
+| libretto-text =<poem>Menelaus
+Here is my Idol: how do you return
+A friend or a foe?
+How did you decide, oh beautiful one?
+Helen
+By your modesty, by your love
+My heart is vanquished.
+Menelaus
+Do you approve of my feelings?
+Elena
+You are the very core of my love.
+Menelaus
+Let me kiss
+The animated snow
+The pristine ivory
+In testimony of my blissful love.
+Helen
+From those who have abducted us
+We must flee;
+Menelaus
+Yes, we will escape, my love.
+A2
+My delight, my yearning
+In you I live, in you I respire,
+My joy you will be
+In my bosom you will live,
+I am your treasure I am your life,
+I consecrate my soul to you, I give you my heart.<ref name="FR"/></poem>
 }}
 </div>
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   |isbn=
 }}</ref>
+<ref name="Rosand">
+{{cite book
+ |last=Rosand
+ |first=Ellen
+ |author-link=
+ |date=1991
+ |title=Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice: The Creation of aGenre
+ |url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft3199n7sm/
+ |archive-url= https://archive.ph/zJVBq
+ |access-date={{date|2021-11-11|DMY}}
+ |archive-date={{date|2021-11-1|1DMY}}
+ |location=Berkeley
+ |publisher=University of California Press
+ |page= <!-- or pages= -->
+ |isbn=
+}}
+</ref>
+<ref name="FR">English Translation: 2021 by FR</ref>
 }}
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