by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Se viver non poss'io Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Se viver non poss'io lungi da te mio bene, lasciami almen ben mio morir vicino a te. Che se partissi ancora, l'alma faria ritorno; e non so dirti allora quel che farebbe il piè.
Composition:
- Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Se viver non poss'io", HWV 28 (1731), first performed 1731 [ flute, strings, alto voice, and continuo ], from opera Poro, re dell'Indie, no.
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Alessandro nell'Indie, first published 1730
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If I cannot live", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-12
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