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

Se possono tanto
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Se possono tanto
due luci vezzose,
son degne di pianto
le furie gelose
d'un'alma infelice,
d'un povero cor.
 
S'accenda un momento
chi sgrida, chi dice
che vano è il tormento,
che ingiusto è il timor.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Alessandro nell'Indie, first published 1730 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Se possono tanto", HWV 28 (1731), first performed 1731 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Poro, re dell'Indie [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-11-12
Line count: 10
Word count: 35

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