Bei labbri che Amore | Bei labbri, che Amore

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Bei labbri, che Amore

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FIN GER

  Bei labbri, che Amore
formò per suo nido,
non ho più timore,
vi credo, mi fido:
giuraste d'amarmi;
mi basta così.
  Se torno a lagnarmi
che Nice m'offenda,
per me più non splenda
la luce del dì.

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Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 8. La gelosia [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), "Bei labbri che Amore", WoO 99 no. 1 (1801-2) [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Mehrstimmige italienische Gesänge, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826), "Bei labbri che amore", op. 40 (12 Canzonette Italiane) no. 5, P 184 no. 5, published 1813 [ voice and piano ], Munich: Falter et Figlio [sung text not yet checked]
by Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825), "Bei labbri, che Amore", 1803 [ voice and piano ], from Divertimenti vocali, no. 7, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Gaetano Donizetti, Baldassare Galuppi, Giacomo Meyerbeer.

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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-05
Line count: 10
Word count: 38