by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Entra l'uomo allor che nasce Matches original text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Entra l'uomo, allor che nasce, In un mar di tante pene, Che s'avvezza dalle fasce Ogni affanno a sostener. Ma per lui sì raro è il bene, Ma la gioia è così rara, Che a soffrir mai non impara Le sorprese del piacer.
The text appears in "Isacco figura del redentore", parte II, Aria di Abramo
Composition:
- Set to music by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Entra l'uomo allor che nasce", 1742, first performed 1742 [ strings and tenor voice ]
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1740, appears in Isacco figura del redentore
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Entra l’home, quan neix", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Man enters, at the hour he is born", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Air d'Abraham", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43