by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Quell’amplesso e quel perdono
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Quell’amplesso e quel perdono, quello sguardo e quel sospiro fa più giusto il mio martiro, più colpevole mi fa. Qual mi fosti e qual ti sono chiaro intende il core afflitto, che misura il suo delitto dall’istessa tua pietà.
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Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Adriano in Siria [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), "Quell’amplesso e quel perdono", 1732, first performed 1732, from opera Adriano in Siria [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "That embrace, that pardon", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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