by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Digli ch'io son fedele
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Digli ch'io son fedele. Ch'è il mio tesoro, Che m'ami, ch'io l'adoro, Che non disperi ancor. Digli, che la mia stella Spero placar col pianto, Che lo consoli intanto L'immagine di quella Che vive nel suo cor.
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Alessandro nell'Indie [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), "Digli ch'io son fedele", HWV 28, first performed 1731, from opera Poro, re dell'Indie [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nicola Antonio Porpora (1686 - 1768), "Digli ch'io son fedele", first performed 1731 [ strings and soprano voice ], from opera Poro [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Tell him that I am faithful", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-21
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