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

Ah perché s'io ti detesto
 (Sung text for setting by G. Hasse)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Ah perché s'io ti detesto,
s'io ti scaccio empio timore,
ah perché così molesto
mi ritorni a tormentar!
 
Qual riposo aver poss'io
se vanneggio a tutte l'ore,
se diventa il viver mio
un eterno dubbitar?

Composition:

    Set to music by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Ah perché s'io ti detesto", 1761, first performed 1761 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ]

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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-09
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Word count: 35