by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Siam navi all'onde algenti Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Siam navi all'onde algenti Lasciate in abbandono, Impetuosi venti I nostri affetti sono, Ogni diletto è scoglio, Tutta la vita è un mar. Ben, qual nocchiero, in noi veglia ragion; ma poi pur dall'ondoso orgoglio si lascia trasportar.
Composition:
- Set to music by Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Siam navi all'onde algenti", 1733, first performed 1733, from opera L'Olimpiade
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Olimpiade
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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.
Line count: 10
Word count: 38