by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Ah se in ciel benigne stelle
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): FRE
Ah se in ciel benigne stelle, La pietà non è smarrita, O toglietemi la vita, O lasciatemi il mio ben. Voi, che ardete ognor si belle Del mio ben nel dolce aspetto, Proteggete il puro affetto Che ispirate a questo sen.
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Confirmed with Biblioteca Classica Italia. Secolo XVIII. No. 16. Opere di Pietro Metastasio, Volume 1, Trieste, Sezione Letterario-ARtistica del Lloyd Austriaco, 1857, page 430.
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in L'Eroe cinese [author's text checked 1 time 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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle", K. 538 (1788). [soprano, orchestra] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ah, si dans le ciel, étoiles bienveillantes", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-12
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