by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Gelido in ogni vena See original
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Gelido in ogni vena Scorrer mi sento il sangue. L'ombra del figlio esangue M' ingombra di terror. E per maggior mia pena vedo che fui crudele A un'anima fedele, A un innocente cor.
Composition:
- Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Gelido in ogni vena", HWV 24 (1728), first performed 1728 [ strings, bass voice, and continuo ], from opera Siroe, re di Persia
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1726, appears in Siroe, re di Persia
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-04-07
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Word count: 33