by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Su le sponde del torbido Lete
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Su le sponde del torbido Lete, mentre aspetta riposo e vendetta, freme l'ombra d'un padre e d'un re. Fiera in volto la miro, l'ascolto che t'addita l'aperta ferita in quel seno che vita ti diè.
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Artaserse [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 Pasquale Anfossi (1727 - 1797), "Su le sponde del torbido Lete" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Heinrich Graun (1704 - 1759), "Su le sponde del torbido Lete", GraunWV B:I:8, first performed 1743 [ 2 horns, tenor voice, strings ], from opera Artaserse [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Su le sponde del torbido Lete", HelN 78 no. 3 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, tenor voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Upon the shores of murky Lethe", 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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