by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Bramar di perdere
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Bramar di perdere per troppo affetto parte dell'anima nel caro oggetto è il duol più barbaro d'ogni dolor. Pur fra le pene sarò felice, se il caro bene sospira e dice: «Troppo a Semira fu ingrato amor».
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- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, 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 Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785), "Bramar di perdere" [ strings and alto voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Bramar di perdere per troppo affetto", 1726, first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Bramar di perdere troppo affetto", HelN 78 no. 6 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
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