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by Raniero de' Calzabigi (1714 - 1795)

Che fiero momento
 (Sung text for setting by C. Gluck)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Che fiero momento,
Che barbara sorte,
Passar dalla morte
A tanto dolor!

Avvezzo al contento
D'un placido obblio,
Fra queste tempeste
Si per de il mio cor.
Io vacillo, io tremo.

Che fiero momento,
Che barbara sorte,
Passar dalla morte
A tanto dolor!

Composition:

    Set to music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714 - 1787), "Che fiero momento" [ soprano and orchestra or piano ], from opera Orfeo ed Euridice, no. 41, Act III

Text Authorship:

  • by Raniero de' Calzabigi (1714 - 1795)

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "What a fierce moment", copyright © 2023


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-04-10
Line count: 13
Word count: 43

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