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Adriano in Siria

Opera by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736)

Sprezza il furor del vento
 (Sung text for setting by G. Pergolesi)
 Matches base text

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Sprezza il furor del vento
robusta quercia, avvezza,
di cento verni e cento
l'ingiurie a tollerar.

E se pur cade al suolo,
spiega per l'onde il volo,
e con quel vento istesso
va contrastando in mar.

Composition:

    Set to music by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736), "Sprezza il furor del vento", 1734, first performed 1734, from opera Adriano in Siria

Text Authorship:

  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Adriano in Siria

See other settings of this text.

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Vuoi punir l'ingrato amante?
 (Sung text for setting by G. Pergolesi)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Vuoi punir l'ingrato amante?
Non curar novello amore.
Tanto serbati costante,
quanto infido egli sarà.

Chi punisce un traditore
non punisce i falli sui,
ma giustifica l'altrui
con la propria infedeltà.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Adriano in Siria [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):

Set by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736) [ strings and soprano voice ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Lieto così talvolta
 (Sung text for setting by G. Pergolesi)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Lieto così talvolta
fra lacci ancor s'ascolta
cantar quell'usignuolo,
se la fedel compagna
risponde al canto, al duolo,
con cui d'amor si lagna,
vago di libertà.

Più non rammenta il nido,
sgombra ogni duol dal petto,
e il dolce antico affetto
solo spiegando va.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Adriano in Siria [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):

Set by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736) [ oboe, strings, and soprano ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 113
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