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

Sogna il guerrier le schiere
 (Sung text for setting by L. Vinci)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Sogna il guerrier le schiere,
Le selve il cacciator;
E sogna il pescator 
Le reti e l'amo.

Sopito in dolce obblio,
Sogno pur io così
Colei, che tutto il dì
sospiro e chiamo.

The text appears in Artaserse, atto I, scena VI, Aria di Megabise.

Composition:

    Set to music by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Sogna il guerrier le schiere", HelN 78 no. 5 (1730), first performed 1730 [ 2 trumpets, 2 horns, soprano voice, strings, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 5

Text Authorship:

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "The warrior dreams of soldiers", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-05-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 33