Luigi Arditi

Then, following a visit to Constantinople, he decided to settle in London, but made several trips again to America with the Royal Italian Opera Company.

After 1885, he was in England, conducting at Covent Garden and in various prestigious theatres and promenade concerts in London's parks.

Arditi's best-known operas are: I Briganti, II Corsaro, and La Spia, ("The Spy").

In addition he wrote numerous songs and vocal waltzes, the most popular of which are "Il Bacio" ("The Kiss", dedicated to Marietta Piccolomini, to a text specially written by baritone Gottardo Aldighieri),[1] "Le Tortorelle" ("The Doves", dedicated to Etelka Gerster), "Se Saran Rose" ("Rosebuds", also titled in English "Love in Springtime", dedicated to Adelina Patti), and "Parla" ("Speak!").

The world premiere recording of Inno Turco, by Turkish music historian Dr Emre Araci with the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir, was released in 2005 by the Brilliant Classics label.