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

Benchè giusto a vendicarmi
 (Sung text for setting by C. Gluck)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Benché giusto, a vendicarmi
il mio sdegno invan m’alletta;
troppo cara è la vendetta,
quando costa una viltà.
 
Già di te con più bell’armi
il mio cor vendetta ottene
nello sdegno che ritiene,
nella vita che ti diè.

Composition:

    Set to music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714 - 1787), "Benchè giusto a vendicarmi", Wq. 21 (1756), first performed 1756 [ soprano voice, strings, and continuo ]

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "My scorn, though justified", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 38