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

Sprezza il furor del vento
 (Sung text for setting by A. Caldara)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Sprezza il furor del vento
robusta quercia, avvezza,
di cento verni e cento
l'ingiurie a tollerar.

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 Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Sprezza il furor del vento", 1732, first performed 1732 [ strings and tenor voice ], from opera Adriano in Siria

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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 36