by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Giusto re, la Persia adora
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Giusto re, la Persia adora la clemenza assisa in trono, quando premia col perdono d’un eroe la fedeltà. La giustizia è bella allora che compagna ha la pietà.
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Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Artaserse [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 Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Giusto Rè, la Persia adora", HelN 78 no. 31 (1730), first performed 1730 [ 2 trumpets, 2 horns, strings, chorus, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 31 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "O just king, Persia adores", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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