by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Oh care selve, oh cara
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: GER
CORO Oh care selve, oh cara Felice libertà! ARGENE Qui, se un piacer si gode, Parte non v'ha la frode, Ma lo condisce a gara Amore e fedeltà. CORO O care selve, o cara felice libertà! ARGENE Qui poco ognun possiede e ricco ognun si crede; né più bramando impara che cosa è povertà. CORO O care selve, o cara felice libertà! ARGENE Senza custodi o mura la pace è qui sicura, che l’altrui voglia avara onde allettar non ha. CORO O care selve, o cara felice libertà! ARGENE Qui gl’innocenti amori di ninfe...
L. Beethoven sets stanzas 1-2
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Olimpiade [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Oh care selve, oh cara", WoO. 119 (1794), stanzas 1-2 [ unison chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Villar , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-13
Line count: 30
Word count: 86