Caro mio ben is a love song. this would be a young man telling the woman of his dreams that he is head over heels for her. that his heart languishs for her and only her. HE telling her over and over again that he loves her and that the cruelity toward him needs to stop.
To give you a simplier meaning i have broken the words down.
Caro Mio Ben, Credimi Almen,
Hello my love, listen to what i am saying
Senza di te, lanquisce il cor.
I long for you
Il tuo fedel, Sospira Ongor;
I am yours and you are my Life
Cessa crudel, tanto rigor.
stop the Cruelity and love me.
this truly is a beautiful song.
O Mio Babbino Caro is an aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi (1981), by Giacomo Puccini.
Caro Mio Ben is NOT from an opera. You will probably find it in a great book called 24 Italian Art Songs and Arias. It is an Italian art song - a stand alone piece that should be performed with a similar technique to opera. Art songs are great for training and recitals. Good luck, and keep on singing!
O Mio Babbino Caro
Maria Callas singing "O Mio Babbino Caro" from the opera Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini.
O Mio Babbino Caro is about a woman who begs her father to let her marry the man she loves ("I want to go to Porta Rossa, and buy the ring!").However, she warns that she would rather die than live without him ("And if my love were in vain, I would throw myself in the Arno! [a river in Florence]").It is believed however, that her father did not approve based on the final lyrics:"I am consumed by torment!Papa, have pity, have pity..."
The Italian arietta Caro mio ben has the music era classification of the Baroque style of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Giuseppe Giordano lived from 1748 to 1798. His Caro mio ben hasn't been specifically dated. But sources tend to give it a date of 1780s-1790.
Giuseppe Giordani [19xii1752 - 4i1798] was the composer of 'Caro mio ben'. He was a composer from the southern Italian city of Naples. Most of his compositions were operas.
It is an Italian Aria I sang it in 6th grade
Figlio mio infinitamente caro was created in 1985.
O Mio Babbino Caro is an aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi (1981), by Giacomo Puccini.
Caro Mio Ben is NOT from an opera. You will probably find it in a great book called 24 Italian Art Songs and Arias. It is an Italian art song - a stand alone piece that should be performed with a similar technique to opera. Art songs are great for training and recitals. Good luck, and keep on singing!
O mio babino caro from the Opera Gianni Schichi by Giacomo Puccini
"O mio babbino caro" ("Oh My Dear Papa") is a soprano aria from the opera 1918 Gianni Schicchi, by Giacomo Puccini, to a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano.
"O Mio Babbino Caro" from the Puccini Opera Gianni Schicchi
"My dear beloved" is an English equivalent of the Italian phrase Caro mio ben. The masculine singular adjective, possessive, and noun most famously reference an arietta composed by both or one of two brothers, Giuseppe Tommaso Giovanni (December 19, 1751 - January 4, 1798) and Tommaso (1730 - February 24, 1836) Giordano. The pronunciation will be "KA-ro MEE-o ben" in Italian.
"My dear beloved" is the title and first line of the arietta Caro mio ben by both or one of the Giodani brothers, Giuseppe Tommasso Giovanni (December 19, 1759 - January 4, 1798) and Tommasso (1730 - February 24, 1806). The Italian lyrics run like this: Caro mio ben / Credimi almen / Senza di te languisce il cor / Il tuo fedel / Sospira ognor / Cessa, crudel! / Tanto rigor! / Caro mio ben / Credimi almen / Senza di te languisce il cor. The English translation will go like this: "My dear beloved / At least believe me / Without you languishes the heart (my heart) / Your faithful one / always sighs / Cease, cruel one! / So much harshness! / My dear beloved / Believe me at least / Without you my heart languishes."