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

D'un genio, che m'accende

(Sung text for setting by G. Donizetti)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

D'un genio che m'accende,
Tu vuoi ragion da me?
Non ha ragione amore,
O, se ragione intende,
Subito amor non è.

Un amoroso foco
Non può spiegarsi mai.
Dì che lo sente poco
Chi ne ragiona assai,
Chi ti sa dir perchè.

The text appears in Semiramide, atto III, scena VII, Aria di Tamiri.

Composition:

Gaetano Donizetti

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1729, appears in Semiramide

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-05-01
Line count: 10
Word count: 42