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La Serva Padrona

Opera by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736)

?. Sempre in contrasti
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
(a Serpina)
Sempre in contrasti
con te si sta,
e qua e là;
e su e giù
e sì e no;
or questo basti;
finir si può.

(a Vespone)
Mache ti pare? ah!
Ho io a crepare?
Signor mio, no.

(a Serpina)
Però dovrai pur sempre 
piangere la tua disgrazia,
e allor dirai che ben ti sta.

(a Vespone)
Che dici tu?
Non è così?
Ah! Che! No! Sì, 
ma così è.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744)

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

  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Ehud Shapiro) , "תמיד להפך", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ehud Shapiro

Stizzoso, mio stizzoso
 (Sung text for setting by G. Pergolesi)
 Matches base text

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Stizzoso, mio stizzoso,
Voi fate il borioso,
Ma nò, ma non vi può giovare;
Bisogna al mio divieto 
star cheto, cheto,
E non parlare,
Zitt! ... Zitt!...
Serpina vuol così.
Zitt! ... Zitt!...
Serpina vuol così.

Cred'io che m'intendete, si,
che m'intendete, si,
Dacchè mi conoscete 
son molti e molti dì.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744) [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 ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Aspettare e non venire
 (Sung text for setting by G. Pergolesi)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Aspettare e non venire,  
stare a letto e non dormire,
ben servire e non gradire,
son tre cose da morire.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744) [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)
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

A Serpina penserete
 (Sung text for setting by G. Pergolesi)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
A Serpina penserete    
qualche volta, e qualche dì
e direte: "Ah! poverina,
cara un tempo ella mi fu."
(Ei mi par che già pian piano
s'incomincia a intenerir.)

S'io poi fui impertinente,
mi perdoni: malamente
mi guidai: lo vedo, sì.
(Ei mi stringe per la mano,
meglio il fatto non può gir.)

Text Authorship:

  • by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744) [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)
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Son imbrogliato io già
 (Sung text for setting by G. Pergolesi)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Son imbrogliato io già;    
ho un certo che nel core
che dir per me non so
s'è amore, o s'è pietà.
Sento un che, poi mi dice:
Uberto, pensa a te.

Io sto fra il sì e il no
fra il voglio e fra il non voglio,
e sempre più m'imbroglio.
Ah! misero, infelice,
che mai sarà di me!

Text Authorship:

  • by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744) [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)
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 252
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