by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Lo seguitai felice
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Lo seguitai felice quand’era il ciel sereno; alle tempeste in seno voglio seguirlo ancor. Come dell’oro il fuoco scuopre le masse impure, scuoprono le sventure de’ falsi amici il cuor.
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Olimpiade [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 Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Lo seguitai felice", 1733, first performed 1733, from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774), "Lo seguitai felice", 1764, first performed 1764 [ 2 horns, oboe solo, strings, alto voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I followed him in happiness", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-17
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