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

Duetto notturno
 (Sung text for setting by G. Spontini)
 See original
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Basta cosí, t’intendo:
giá ti spiegasti appieno,
e mi diresti meno,
se mi dicessi piú.

Meglio è parlar tacendo:
dir molto in pochi detti
de’ violenti affetti
è solita virtú.

Composition:

    Set to music by Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (1774 - 1851), "Duetto notturno" [ vocal duet for mezzo-soprano and tenor with piano ], from Trois Nocturnes à deux voix, no. 3

Text Authorship:

  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Ciro riconosciuto

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Enough of this, I understand you.", 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: 2018-06-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 32

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