by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Nuvoletta opposta al sole
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Nuvoletta opposta al sole spesso il giorno adombra e vela ma non cela il suo splendor. Copre invan le basse arene picciol rio col velo ondoso, che rivela il fondo algoso la chiarezza dell’umor.
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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), "Nuvoletta opposta al sole", 1784, first performed 1784 [ 2 horns, 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Nuvoletta opposta al sole", HelN 78 no. 25 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 25 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "A small cloud", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-21
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