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

Translation © by Christian Anderson

In te spero, o sposo amato

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE

In te spero, o sposo amato,
Fido a te la sorte mia.
E per te, qualunque sia,
Sempre cara a me sarà.

Pur che a me nel morir mio
Il piacer non sia negato
Di vantar che tua son io,
Il morir mi piacerà.

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Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Demofoonte [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 Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "In te spero, o sposo amato", 1733, first performed 1733 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785), "In te spero, o sposo amato", 1749, first performed 1749 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "In te spero, o sposo amato", 1748, first performed 1748 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "In te spero, o sposo", K. 440 (1782) [ soprano, bass, and orchestra ], incomplete [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Christian Anderson) , "Beloved husband, my hopes are in you", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "En toi j'espère, ô époux", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Christian Anderson , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

Beloved husband, my hopes are in you

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Beloved husband, my hopes are in you
I entrust my fate within you
And for you, whatever may be,
Always you will treasure me.

If my death should come to me
And I am not denied the pleasure
of boasting that I am your treasure
Even death will pleasant be.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2013 by Christian Anderson.
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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Demofoonte
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-02
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Word count: 50