by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Puoi vantar le tue ritorte
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Puoi vantar le tue ritorte, fortunato prigioniero, tu che amore hai condottiero sul camin della virtù. Tu non dei, com'è la sorte di color che amore inganna, arrossir d'una tiranna, vergognosa servitù.
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Confirmed with Pietro Metastasio, La Nitteti, Madrid, s. n., 1756, Atto Secondo, Scena V, part 595, spoken/sung by Amasi.
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1756, appears in La Nitteti, first published 1756 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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