No more among algae-covered stones

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

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Già la notte s'avvicina

(Sung text for setting by I. Colbran)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

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    Già la notte s'avvicina:
    Vieni, o Nice, amato bene,
    Della placida marina
    Le fresch' aure a respirar.

    Non sa dir che sia diletto
    Chi non posa in queste arene,
    Or che un lento zeffiretto
    Dolcemente increspa il mar.

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Isabella Colbran

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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 10. La pesca

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ENG English (Margaret Smythe) , "Already night is approaching", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Déjà la nuit s'approche", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Johannes Becker) , "Schon naht die Nacht", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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No more among algae‑covered stones

(Sung text translation for setting by I. Colbran)

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Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

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