by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Ah celar la bella face
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ah celar la bella face in cui pena un cor fedele è difficile, è crudele, è impossibile dover. Benché in petto amor sepolto prigioniero contumace frange i lacci e fugge al volto con gli arcani del pensier.
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Il Trionfo de Clelia, first published 1762 [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 Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Ah celar la bella face", from opera Il trionfo di Clelia [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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