L'amerò, sarò costante | L'amerò, sarò costante

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

L'amerò, sarò costante

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE LIT

L'amerò, sarò costante;
Fido sposo e fido amante
Sol per lei sospirerò.

In sì caro e dolce oggetto
La mia gioia, il mio diletto,
La mia pace io troverò.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Opere di Pietro Metastasio, Volume Unico, Napoli: Francesco Rossi-Romano, 1855, page 329.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Il re pastore [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), "L'amerò, sarò costante", 1755, first performed 1755 [ 2 flutes, 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice, continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "L'amerò, sarò costante", K. 208, first performed 1775, from opera Il re pastore, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)

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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-15
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Word count: 29