by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Va’ tra le selve ircane
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Va’ tra le selve ircane barbaro genitore; fiera di te peggiore, mostro peggior non v’è. Quanto di reo produce l’Africa al sol vicina, l’inospita marina, tutto s’aduna in te.
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Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, 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), "Va tra le selve ircane", 1784, first performed 1784 [ 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, soprano voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Va tra le selve ircane", HelN 78 no. 19 (1730), first performed 1730 [ 2 horns, 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]
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