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by Giuseppe Maria Diodati (flourished 1786-1798)

Io son placida, e serena
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Io son placida, e serena,  
son modesta, e costumata,
canto l'aria, e fo la scena
senza tanto cicalar.
Ma se vedo poi per sorte,
che lei faccia bagattella
or con questa, ed or con quella
per qui farmi disperar.
Sappia pure il signor mio
ch'io son donna ancor di brio.
Tengo ancora le mie lune,
che mi fanno rispettar.
(È cambiato di colore,
si fa pallido il meschino:
oh che caro babbuino
veramente è questo qua!)

Text Authorship:

  • by Giuseppe Maria Diodati (flourished 1786-1798) [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), "Io son placida, e serena", 1786, first performed 1786, from the opera L'impresario in angustie [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 76

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