O del mio dolce ardor | O del mio dolce ardor

O del mio dolce ardor

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: DUT ENG GER POR SPA SPA

O del mio dolce ardor
Bramato oggetto,
L'aura che tu respiri,
Alfin respiro.

O vunque il guardo io giro,
Le tue vaghe sembianze
Amore in me dipinge:
Il mio pensier si finge
Le più liete speranze;
E nel desio che così
M'empie il petto
Cerco te, chiamo te, spero e sospiro.

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Text Authorship:

by Raniero de' Calzabigi (1714 - 1795) [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 Laurie Altman (b. 1947), "O del mio dolce ardor - a reimagining" [voice and piano], based on Gluck's melody [ sung text verified 1 time]
by Scott Gendel (b. 1977), "O del mio dolce ardor", 2002-2013 [voice and piano], from Italian Art Songs & Arias, Reimagined, no. 2. [ sung text not verified ]
by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714 - 1787), "O del mio dolce ardor", first performed 1770, from the opera Paride ed Elena [ sung text verified 1 time]
by Georgine Schubert (1840 - 1878), "Romanza", published 1880 [low voice, violin, piano], from Lieder und Gesänge, Dritte Folge, no. 1, Dresden, Hoffarth [ sung text not verified ]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , title 1: "Of my sweet ardor", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POR Portuguese (Português) (Débora Letícia Batista) , title 1: "Oh, desejado objeto do meu", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 51