by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Mi credi spietata?
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Mi credi spietata? Mi chiami crudele? Non tanto furore, non tante querele, che basta il dolore per farmi morir. Quell’odio, quell’ira d’un’alma sdegnata, ingrata Semira, non posso soffrir.
Text Authorship:
- 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 Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801), "Mi credi spietata?", 1784, first performed 1784 [ 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, soprano voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Mi credi spietata?" [ strings and soprano voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Mi credi spietata?", HelN 78 no. 28 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 28 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "You believe me spiteful?", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-01
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Word count: 28