by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Sceglier fra mille un core
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Sceglier fra mille un core, In lui formarsi il nido, E poi trovarlo infido, È troppo gran dolor. Voi che provate amore, Che infedeltà soffrite, Dite se è pena, e dite Se ne dà maggior.
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Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e compagni 1832, page 310.
The text appears in Temistocle, atto I, scena XIII, Aria di Rossane.
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1736, appears in Temistocle [author's text checked 1 time 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 Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), "Sceglier fra mille un core", from Sei canzonette italiane, no. 1. [ sung text verified 1 time]
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