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by Giuseppe Petrosellini (1727 - 1799)

La calunnia, mio signore
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
La calunnia, mio signore,    
non sapete che cos'è?
Sol con questa a tutte l'ore
si può far gran cose, affé.
Questa qui, radendo il suolo,
incomincia piano piano;
e del volgo il vasto stuolo
la raccoglie, e rinforzando
passa poi di bocca in bocca,
ed il diavolo all'orecchie
ve la porta, e così è.
La calunnia intanto cresce,
s'alza, fischia, gonfia a vista:
vola in aria, e turbigliona,
lampeggiando stride e, tuona;
e diviene poi crescendo
un tumulto universale,
come un coro generale,
e rimedio più non v'è

Text Authorship:

  • by Giuseppe Petrosellini (1727 - 1799) [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 Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816), "La calunnia, mio signore", 1782, first performed 1782, from opera Il barbiere di Siviglia, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Calumny, good sir", 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: 2018-06-03
Line count: 19
Word count: 88

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