Ombre amene, amiche piante | Ombre amene

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

Ombre amene

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG FRE

Ombre amene,
Amiche piante, 
Il mio bene,
Il caro amante,
Chi mi dice ove n'andò?

Zeffiretto lusinghiero,
A lui vola messaggiero,
Dì'che torni e che mi renda
Quella pace che non ho.

Available sung texts: ← What is this?

• L. Reichardt • F. Schubert

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Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e compagni 1832, page 572.

The text appears in L'Angelica, parte I, Aria di Licori.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1722, appears in L'Angelica [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826), "Ombre amene amiche piante", op. 39 (Sechs Duette) no. 1, P 190 no. 1, published 1818 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Offenbach [sung text not yet checked]
by Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani (1781 - 1829), "Ombre amene", op. 95 no. 1 [ voice and guitar or piano ], from Sei Ariette di Metastasio, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Ombre amene, amiche piante", op. 4 no. 1, from Sei Canzoni di Metastasio, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825), "Ombre amene", 1803 [ voice and piano ], from Divertimenti vocali, no. 16, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Ombre amene, amiche piante", D 990F (1816?), song exercise without accompaniment, realized by Reinhard van Hoorickx; privately printed by Reinhard van Hoorickx [sung text checked 1 time]

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