All'acquisto di gloria e di fama tra belliche schiere di trombe guerriere mi chiama il fragor. Ma portando del caro mio bene fisse all'alma le gravi sventure avrò sempre dure le pene nel cor.
Tigrane
Opera by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725)
Word count: 234
o vero L'egual impegno d'amore e di fede
. All'acquisto di gloria [sung text checked 1 time]
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- by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli, appears in Tigrane [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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Set by by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), first performed 1715 [ 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings, soprano voice, continuo ], from the opera Tigane.Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
. Sì, sì, l'indegno cada [sung text checked 1 time]
Sì, sì, l'indegno cada, pera, mora l'empio traditor. Ma pietosa e non severa pur mi vuole il dio d'amor.
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- by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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Set by by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725) [ violins, soprano voice, continuo ]Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
. Esser deggio come un scoglio [sung text checked 1 time]
Esser deggio come un scoglio che all'orgoglio di due venti senza moversi sen sta. Hanno in petto egual valore fede e amore, ma costante forte il cor li sosterrà.
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- by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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Set by by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725)Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
. Care pupille belle [sung text checked 1 time]
Care pupille belle, stelle del idol mio, da voi desio quest'alma il suo ristoro. Spera da voi la calma l'ardente mio desio, occhi del caro ben che tanto adoro.
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- by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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Set by by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725)Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
. Lieto, costante e forte [sung text checked 1 time]
Lieto, costante e forte incontro quella morte che è vanto di mia fè. E spero che dirà mia bella fedeltà quel che non sai da me.
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- by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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Set by by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725) [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ]Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
. Un solo sospiro [sung text checked 1 time]
Un solo sospiro, ch'esalo dal core, acceso d'amore, lo può fulminar. E 'l brando, se giro, vedrà quell'altero, ch'amante, e guerriero saprò trionfar.
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- by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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Set by by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), 1715, first performed 1715Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
. Al valor di questa spada [sung text checked 1 time]
Al valor di questa spada fia, che cada il superbo al regio piè. E vedrà, nel dì fatale, quanto vale cor d'amante, e cor di re.
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- by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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Set by by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), 1715, first performed 1715Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
. Se mi manca la gloria d'amante [sung text checked 1 time]
Se mi manca la gloria d'amante, in me resti d'amico l'onor; e se perdo quel caro sembiante, sia mio vanto l'istesso dolor.
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- by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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Set by by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), 1715, first performed 1715Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
. Prova eccelsa è di grandezza [sung text checked 1 time]
Prova eccelsa è di grandezza, non sprezzar l'umil bassezza di mendica povertà. A un tal don, ch'ogn'altro eccede, io darò sol, per mercede, servitù con fedeltà.
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- by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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Set by by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), 1715, first performed 1715Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]