by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
In questa selva oscura
Language: Italian (Italiano)
In questa selva oscura Entrai, poc' anzi ardito; Or nel cammin smarrito Timido errando io vo. Un sol non m'assicura Raggio di stella amica; E par che il cor mi dica Che qui perir dovrò.
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Il Trionfo de Clelia, Act 3, Scene 6 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "In questa selva oscura", from opera Il trionfo di Clelia [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vladimir Mendelssohn , "In questa selva oscura ", 1953, from Recitatief, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 36