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'''"{{lang|it|Mio diletto, mio sospiro}}"<ref name="LibrettoLOC"/>''' (also ''"Mio diletto, mio respiro"''<ref name="Manuscript"/>) is an aria from [[Francesco Cavalli]]'s opera ''[[Elena]]''. The | '''"{{lang|it|Mio diletto, mio sospiro}}"<ref name="LibrettoLOC"/>''' (also ''"Mio diletto, mio respiro"''<ref name="Manuscript"/>) is an aria from [[Francesco Cavalli]]'s opera ''[[Elena (Francesco Cavalli)|Elena]]''. The libretti was created by [[Giovanni Faustini]] and [[Nicolò Minato]] who finished it after Faustini's death<ref name="Rosand"/>. The opera premiered at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice on 26 December 1659.<ref name="Wiki"/> | ||
The duet ''"Mio diletto, mio sospiro"'' appears at in Act III Scene I when Helen and Menelaos reconcile. Menelaos has much to account for: Charmed by Helen's beauty, he had taken on the guise of a battle-hardened Amazon to get close to her, offering her close combat training, a move which led to his own abduction by an enarmored Teseo. | The duet ''"Mio diletto, mio sospiro"'' appears at in Act III Scene I when Helen and Menelaos reconcile. Menelaos has much to account for: Charmed by Helen's beauty, he had taken on the guise of a battle-hardened Amazon to get close to her, offering her close combat training, a move which led to his own abduction by an enarmored Teseo. |