by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Il nocchier, che si figura
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Il nocchier, che si figura Ogni scoglio, ogni tempesta Non si lagni se poi resta Un mendico pescator. Darsi in braccio ancor conviene Qualche volta alla fortuna; che sovente in ciò ch’avviene la fortuna ha parte ancor.
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Ezio [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Il nocchier, che si figura", HWV 29, from opera Ezio [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Il nocchier che si figura", 1755, first performed 1755 [ 2 oboes, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Il nocchier che si figura", 1741, first performed 1741 [ 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Let the helmsman who imagines", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-24
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