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Recitativo accompagnato Cessate, omai cessate, rimenbranze crudeli d'un affetto tiranno; Già barbare e spietate mi cangiaste i contenti in un immenso affanno. Cessate, omai cessate, di lacerarmi il petto, di trafiger mi l'alma, di toglier al mio cor riposo, e calma. Povero core afflitto e abbandonato, se si toglie la pace un affetto tiranno, perche un volto spietato, un alma infida la sola crudeltà pasce ed annida. Aria Ah, ah ch'infelice sempre me vuol Dorilla ingrata, Ah sempre piu spietata; M'a stringe à lagrimar. Per me non v'è nò, non v'è ristoro Per me non v'è nò, non v'è più speme. E il fier martoro e le mie pene, solo la morte può consolar. Recitativo accompagnato À voi dunque, ricorro orridi specchi, taciturni orrori, solitaris ritiri, ed ombre amichi trà voi porto il mio duolo, perche spero da voi quella pietade, che Dorilla inhumana non annida. Vengo, spelonche amate, vengo specchi graditi, affine meco in volto il mio tormento in voi resti sepolto. Aria Nell' orrido albergo ricetto di pene potrò il mio tormento sfogare contento, potrò ad alta voce chiamare spietata Dorilla l'ingrata, morire potrò. Andrò d'Acheronte sù le nera sponda, tinguendo quest'onda di sangue innocente, gridando vendetta, ed ombra baccante vendetta farò.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Cessate, omai cessate", RV. 684 [ contralto, 2 violins, viola, and basso continuo ], cantata [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Cessez, cessez donc", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-12-03
Line count: 42
Word count: 204
Recitative [... ... ... ...] [... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...] Aria Ah, how unhappy I am, always at the mercy of ungrateful Dorilla, ah, more and more merciless, she reduces me to tears. For me there is nothing, no, nothing to restore me, for me there is nothing, no, there’s no hope. And this cruel torment and my pain can only be consoled in death. Recitative [... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...] Aria [... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...]
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-27
Line count: 42
Word count: 86