by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Fra un dolce deliro
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Fra un dolce deliro Son lieto e sospiro Quel volto me piace, Ma pace non ò, Di belle speranze Ò pieno il pensiero E pur quel ch'io spero Conoscer non' so.
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio [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 Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826), "Fra un dolce deliro", op. 16, Heft 2 no. 3, P 192 no. 3, published 1803 [ chorus and piano ], Leipzig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Fra un dolce deliro", op. 4 no. 4, from Sei Canzoni di Metastasio, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "In a sweet delirium", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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