by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Se cerca, se dice
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Se cerca, se dice: «L’amico dov’è?» «L’amico infelice» rispondi «morì». Ah no sì gran duolo non darle per me. Rispondi ma solo: «Piangendo partì». Che abisso di pene! Lasciare il suo bene! Lasciarlo per sempre! Lasciarlo così!
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), "Se cerca, se dice", 1733, first performed 1733, from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774), "Se cerca, se dice", 1764, first performed 1764 [ 2 oboes, bassoon, strings, alto voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Se cerca, se dice", 1756, first performed 1756 [ 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816), "Se cerca, se dice", R 1.70 (1785), first performed 1786 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If she approaches, and asks,", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-12
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