by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Vo solcando un mar crudele
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Vo solcando un mar crudele Senza vele e senza sarte: Freme l’onda, il ciel s’imbruna, Cresce il vento e manca l’arte; E il voler della fortuna Son costretto a seguitar. Infelice! in questo stato Son da tutti abbandonato; Meco sola è l’innocenza Che mi porta a naufragar.
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1730, appears in Artaserse [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 Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Vo solcando un mar crudele", HelN 78 no. 11 (1730), first performed 1730 [ soprano and strings ], from opera Artaserse, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I go forth, sailing on a cruel sea", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-30
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Word count: 47