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Che non mi disse un dì! Quai numi non giurò! E come, oh Dio! si può, come si può così mancar di fede? Tutto per lui perdei; oggi lui perdo ancor. Poveri affetti miei! Questa mi rendi, Amor, [questa]1 mercede?
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• A. Caldara • G. Donizetti • F. Gassmann • G. Hasse • G. SpontiniAbout the headline (FAQ)
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Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Olimpiade, Act 2, Scene 4 [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 Josina (Giustina) Anna Petronella van Aerssen (1733 - 1797), "Che non mi dissi un dì!", op. 4 no. 1 [ chorus and orchestra ], from Arie sciolte, no. 1, Utrecht : Koninklijke vereniging voor nederlandse muziekgeschiedenis , 2007 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Che non mi disse un dì?", from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Che non mi disse un dì!", published 1844, from Il sibillo [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774), "Che non mi disse un dì?", 1764, first performed 1764 [ 2 oboes, bassoon, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Che non mi disse un dì?", 1756, first performed 1756 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (1774 - 1851), "Che non mi disse un dì!", subtitle: "Arietta", published 1837 [ voice and piano ], Schlesinger, Album. Neue Original Compositionen für Gesang und Piano [...] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "What has he not said to me once upon a time?", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Ernst Benjamin Salomo Raupach)
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-05-01
Line count: 10
Word count: 41
What has he not said to me once upon a time? What gods did he neglect to swear upon? Oh God! How could he be so lacking in faith? For him have I lost everything once, and today, it's happened all over again. My poor affections! This, Love, is your mercy?
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Olimpiade, Act 2, Scene 4
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 51