by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Del destin non vi lagnate, se vi rese a noi soggette; siete serve ma regnate nella vostra servitù. Forti noi, voi belle siete; e vincete in ogni impresa, quando vengono a contesa la bellezza e la virtù.
Composition:
- Set to music by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736), no title, 1735, first performed 1735 [ strings and tenor voice ], from opera L'Olimpiade, no. 5
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) , "Do not complain about destiny", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-12
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