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Mi credi spietata? Mi chiami crudele? Non tanto furore, non tante querele, che basta il dolore per farmi morir. Quell’odio, quell’ira d’un’alma sdegnata, ingrata Semira, non posso soffrir.
Authorship
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Artaserse [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 Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801), "Mi credi spietata?", 1784, first performed 1784 [ 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, soprano voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Mi credi spietata?" [ strings and soprano voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Mi credi spietata?", HelN 78 no. 28 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 28 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "You believe me spiteful?", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-01
Line count: 10
Word count: 28
You believe me spiteful? You call me cruel? Cut out the fury and stop complaining. The pain is enough to make me die! Ungrateful Semira, I cannot bear such hatred and wrath from your scorned soul.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2019 by Andrew Schneider, (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 Artaserse
This text was added to the website: 2019-11-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 36