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Che cangi tempra Mai più non spero Quel cor macchiato D'infedeltà. Io dirò sempre Nel mio pensiero: "Che m'ha ingannato M'ingannerà."
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- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Strofe per musica: da cantarsi a canone [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Che cangi tempra", from Sei arie, no. 6. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Luk Laerenbergh) , "A change in temperament", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Luk Laerenbergh , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 21
A change in temperament I no longer hope for In this heart stained With unfaithfulness. I shall always say In my thoughts: "Who has betrayed me Will betray me again."
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © by Luk Laerenbergh, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Strofe per musica: da cantarsi a canone
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 30