by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Guarda pria se in questa fronte
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Guarda pria se in questa fronte trovi scritto alcun delitto e dirai che la mia sorte desta invidia e non pietà. Bella prova è d'alma forte L'esser placida e serena Nel soffrir l'ingiusta pena D'una colpa che non ha.
N. Vaccaj sets stanza 2
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Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Ezio [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), "Guarda se pria in questa fronte", HWV 29, from the opera Ezio [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nicola Vaccaj (1790 - 1848), "Intervalli di sesta", stanza 2 [voice and piano], from Metodo pratico di Canto Italiano, no. 5. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
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