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

Ah celar la bella face

(Sung text for setting by G. Hasse)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ah celar la bella face
in cui pena un cor fedele
è difficile, è crudele,
è impossibile dover.
 
Benché in petto amor sepolto
prigioniero contumace
frange i lacci e fugge al volto
con gli arcani del pensier.

Composition:

Giovanni Adolfo Hasse

Il trionfo di Clelia

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Il Trionfo de Clelia, first published 1762

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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-10
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