by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
O placido il mare Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
O placido il mare Lusinghi la sponda, O porti con l'onda Terrore e spavento: È colpa del vento, Sua colpa non è. S'io vo' con la sorte cangiando sembianza, virtù l'incostanza diventa per me.
Composition:
- Set to music by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "O placido il mare"
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1726, appears in Siroe, re di Persia
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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
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 34