by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
I tuoi strali terror de' mortali
Language: Italian (Italiano)
CORO I tuoi strali terror de’ mortali ah sospendi gran padre de’ numi, ah deponi gran nume de’ re. PARTE Fumi il tempio del sangue d’un empio che oltraggiò con insano furore, sommo Giove, un’immago di te. CORO I tuoi strali terror de’ mortali ah sospendi gran padre de’ numi, ah deponi gran nume de’ re. PARTE L’onde chete del pallido Lete l’empio varchi, ma il nostro timore, ma il suo fallo portando con sé. CORO I tuoi strali terror de’ mortali ah sospendi gran padre de’ numi, ah deponi gran nume de’ re.
F. Gassmann sets stanza 1
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Olimpiade [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 Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "I tuoi strali terror de' mortali", 1733, first performed 1733, from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774), "I tuoi strali, terror de' mortali", 1764, first performed 1764, stanza 1 [ 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, strings, and satb chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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