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

Bramar di perdere troppo affetto
 (Sung text for setting by L. Vinci)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Bramar di perdere  
per troppo affetto
parte dell'anima
nel caro oggetto
è il duol più barbaro
d'ogni dolor.

Pur fra le pene
sarò felice,
se il caro bene
sospira e dice:
«Troppo a Semira
fu ingrato amor».

Composition:

    Set to music by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Bramar di perdere troppo affetto", HelN 78 no. 6 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 6

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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-21
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