by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
S'altro che lacrime
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
S'altro che lagrime per lui non tenti, tutto il tuo piangere non gioverà. A questa inutile pietà che senti oh, quanto è simile la crudeltà.
Authorship
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in La Clemenza di Tito [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "S'altro che lacrime", K 621 (1791), first performed 1791 [flute, oboe, bassoon, horn, soprano voice, strings], from the opera La clemenza di Tito, no. 21. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
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Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-15
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