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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Potria fra tante pene
lasciar l’amato bene
chi un cor di tigre avesse
né basterebbe ancor.
 
Che quel pietoso affetto,
che a me si desta in petto,
senton le tigri istesse,
quando le accende amor.

Composition:

    Set to music by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Potria fra tante pene", 1759, first performed 1759 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ]

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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-25
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