by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Si soffre una tiranna
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Si soffre una tiranna Lo so per prova anch'io, Ma un'infedele, oh Dio, No, non si può soffrir. Ah se il mio ben m’inganna, se già cambiò pensiero, pria ch’io ne sappia il vero fatemi o dei morir.
G. Donizetti sets stanza 1
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Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Zenobia, Act 3, Scene 7 [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 Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826), "Si soffre una tiranna", op. 16, Heft 2 no. 5, P 192 no. 5, published 1803 [ chorus and piano ], Leipzig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Si soffre una tiranna", stanza 1 [ duet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Si soffre una tiranna", 1761, first performed 1761 [ strings, alto voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "One can suffer a cruel woman", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-02
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Word count: 38