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

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Si soffre una tiranna
Lo so per prova anch'io,
Ma un'infedele, oh Dio,
No, non si può soffrir.

Ah se il mio ben m’inganna,
se già cambiò pensiero,
pria ch’io ne sappia il vero
fatemi o dei morir.

Composition:

    Set to music by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Si soffre una tiranna", 1761, first performed 1761 [ strings, alto voice, and continuo ]

Text Authorship:

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "One can suffer a cruel woman", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-05-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 38