Fra tutte le pene | Fra tutte le pene

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

Fra tutte le pene

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

Fra tutte le pene
 V'è pena maggiore?
  Son presso al mio bene,
  Sospiro d'amore,
  E dirgli non oso:
  Sospiro per te. 
Mi manca il valore
  Per tanto soffrire,
  Mi manca l'ardire
  Per chieder mercé.

Available sung texts: ← What is this?

• L. Beethoven • M. Giuliani • Pietro Metastasio • G. Spontini

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Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Volume Unico, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e Compagni, 1832, page 334.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Zenobia, Act III, Scene 9 [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Fra tutte le pene", WoO 99 no. 11, from Mehrstimmige italienische Gesänge, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani (1781 - 1829), "Fra tutte le pene", op. 95 no. 2 [ voice and guitar or piano ], from Sei Ariette di Metastasio, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), as Pietro Metastasio, "Fra tutte le pene", 1761, first performed 1761 [ 2 flutes, strings, alto voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (1774 - 1851), "Duetto notturno" [ vocal duet for mezzo-soprano and tenor with piano ], from Trois Nocturnes à deux voix, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-09
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