by Giuseppe Petrosellini (1727 - 1799)
Straniera abbandonata
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Straniera abbandonata, pavento ad ogni passo e miro in ogni sasso scolpito il traditor. Per ricercare un empio la Patria, oh Dio!, lasciai. Ah non t’avessi mai, mai conosciuto amor.
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 Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801), "Straniera abbandonata", 1779, first performed 1779, from opera L'italiana in Londra, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "A foreigner, abandoned", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-03
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