by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Coperta la frode
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Coperta la frode di lana servile, si fugge, e detesta, e inganno s'appella. Si chiama con lode prudenza virile s'avvien che si vesta di spoglia più bella.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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), "Coperta la frode", HWV 33 no. 4, from opera Ariodante, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "When fraud is covered", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-11
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