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Non temer ch’io mai ti dica alma infida, ingrato core; possederti ancor nemica chiamerò felicità. Io detesto la follia d’un incomodo amatore che a’ pensieri ancor vorria limitar la libertà.
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- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Artaserse [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 Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Non temer ch'io mai ti dica", HelN 78 no. 15 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Never fear that I will ever call you", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-06-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 30
Never fear that I will ever call you "faithless soul," "ungrateful heart." I shall be supremely happy to possess you, especially if you are my enemy. I detest the folly of a lover who feels inconvenienced by such trifles, and who would limit the freedom of his thoughts.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2019 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Artaserse
This text was added to the website: 2019-11-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 48