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Fra tutte le pene V'è pena maggiore? Son presso al mio bene, Sospiro d'amore, E dirgli non oso: Sospiro per te. Mi manca il valore Per tanto soffrire, Mi manca l'ardire Per chieder mercé.
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Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Volume Unico, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e Compagni, 1832, page 334.
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Zenobia, Act III, Scene 9 [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Fra tutte le pene", WoO 99 no. 11, from Mehrstimmige italienische Gesänge, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani (1781 - 1829), "Fra tutte le pene", op. 95 no. 2 [ voice and guitar or piano ], from Sei Ariette di Metastasio, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), as Pietro Metastasio, "Fra tutte le pene", 1761, first performed 1761 [ 2 flutes, strings, alto voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (1774 - 1851), "Duetto notturno" [ vocal duet for mezzo-soprano and tenor with piano ], from Trois Nocturnes à deux voix, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Kendree Chen) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-09
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Among all pains Is there a greater pain? I am close to my darling, A sigh of love, And I dare not tell him: I sigh for you. I lack the morality To withstand so much suffering, I lack the courage To ask for mercy.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Zenobia, Act III, Scene 9
This text was added to the website: 2023-08-09
Line count: 10
Word count: 45