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

Già l'idea del giusto scempio
 (Sung text for setting by G. Hasse)
 Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Già l’idea del giusto scempio
mi rapisce, mi diletta;
già pensando alla vendetta
mi comincio a vendicar.
 
Già quel barbaro, quell’empio
fa di sangue il suol vermiglio;
ed il sangue del mio figlio
già si sente rinfacciar.

Composition:

    Set to music by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Già l'idea del giusto scempio", 1751, first performed 1751 [ 2 horns, 2 oboes, strings, alto voice, and continuo ]

Text Authorship:

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "The very idea of justified slaughter", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-09
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