by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
O s'apre al riso
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
O s'apre al riso, o parla, o tace, ha un non so che, il tuo bel viso, che troppo piace, caro, al mio cor. Il primo sguardo, che in voi fissai provar mi fe' vezzosi rai, quanto è col dardo possente Amor.
Authorship:
- 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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "O s'apre al riso", HWV 34 no. 1 (1735), first performed 1735, from opera Alcina, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Whether your smile opens it", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-17
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Word count: 42