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Sogna il guerrier le schiere, Le selve il cacciator; E sogna il pescator Le reti e l'amo. Sopito in dolce obblio, Sogno pur io così Colei, che tutto il dì sospiro e chiamo.
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Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e compagni 1832, page 140.
The text appears in Artaserse, atto I, scena VI, Aria di Megabise.
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1730, appears in Artaserse [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 Pasquale Anfossi (1727 - 1797), "Sogna il guerrier le schiere" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Sogna il guerrier le schiere", 1730, first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "Metastasio (pour album)" [ baritone and piano ], from Péchés de vieillesse, Vol XIV: Altri Péchés de vieillesse, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Sogna il guerrier le schiere", HelN 78 no. 5 (1730), first performed 1730 [ 2 trumpets, 2 horns, soprano voice, strings, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "The warrior dreams of soldiers", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 33
The warrior dreams of soldiers, The hunter of forests, And likewise the fisherman dreams of nets and hooks. Asleep in sweet oblivion, I likewise dream: On her about whom all day I sigh and whose name I call.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1730, appears in Artaserse
This text was added to the website: 2018-03-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 38