by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Sprezza il furor del vento See base text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Sprezza il furor del vento robusta quercia, avvezza, di cento verni e cento gl'oltraggi a superar. E se pur cade al suolo, spiega per l'onde il volo, e con quel vento istesso va contrastando in mar.
Composition:
- Set to music by Francesco Maria Veracini (1690 - 1768), "Sprezza il furor del vento", 1735, first performed 1735 [ strings, oboes, and bass voice ], from opera Adriano in Siria
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Adriano in Siria
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-07
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Word count: 36