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

Giusto Rè, la Persia adora
 (Sung text for setting by L. Vinci)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Giusto re, la Persia adora
la clemenza assisa in trono,
quando premia col perdono
d’un eroe la fedeltà.
 
La giustizia è bella allora
che compagna ha la pietà.

Composition:

    Set to music by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Giusto Rè, la Persia adora", HelN 78 no. 31 (1730), first performed 1730 [ 2 trumpets, 2 horns, strings, chorus, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 31

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "O just king, Persia adores", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-21
Line count: 6
Word count: 28