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Until recently, the popular aria Caro Mio Ben (1783) was ascribed to Giuseppe Tommaso Giovanni Giordani. However, scholars now consider Tommaso Giordani, or his father Giuseppe Giordani senior, more likely to be the aria's composer. [2] [3]
Caro mio ben Credimi almen Senza di te Languisce il cor Il tuo fedel Sospira ognor Cessa, crudel Tanto rigor Ooh, ooh [Chorus] Help me, Lord, from these fantasies in my head
Giordani was born in Naples between 1730 and 1733 and came from a musical family. His father was Giuseppe Giordani senior, born around 1695 in Naples, and died after 1762, probably in London (no relation to the Neapolitan organist Carmine Giordani, b. 1685).
Saporiti also composed two arias, "Dormivo in mezzo al prato" and "Caro mio ben, deh senti", which were published in 1796. In her later years, she was often referred to by her married name, Teresa Saporiti-Codecasa, and lived in Milan where she held salon concerts in her house.
Album cover of Caro Mio Ben (1986) Dennis O'Neill CBE OStJ FLSW FTCL ARCM (born 25 February 1948) is a Welsh operatic tenor and recording artist. Early life. Dennis O ...
A slightly different version of the aria appears with the text "Il caro mio bene" in a manuscript of Mysliveček's Armida (1779). Cesare Olivieri, Il trionfo della pace [1] between 1772 and 1775 178: 417e "Ah, spiegarti, oh Dio" (Score/Crit. report) Aria for soprano and orchestra (piano reduction) unknown: June 1783 217
"Caro mio ben" (arietta by Tommaso Giordani) "Mamma" (song by Cesare Andrea Bixio and Bixio Cherubini) "Nessun dorma" – live (from Puccini's Turandot)
The aria had probably been written for the star singer by Mysliveček with the words "Il caro mio bene" and inserted in his hasty re-working of his own opera Armida of 1780, after the premiere had failed probably because it was deemed too experimental (and too "French") by the Milanese audience.