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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Par che di giubilo
L’alma deliri:
Par che mi manchino
Quasi i respiri;
Che fuor del petto
Mi balzi il cor.
 
Quanto è più facile
Che un gran diletto
Giunga ad uccidere
Che un gran dolor!

Composition:

    Set to music by Leonardo Leo (1694 - 1744), "Par che di giubilo", 1739, first performed 1739 [ 2 horns, 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ]

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  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-09
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