by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Se possono tanto
Language: Italian (Italiano)
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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]
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