by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Figlio se più non vivi
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Figlio se più non vivi, morrò; ma del mio fato farò che un re svenato preceda messaggier. Infin che il padre arrivi fa’ che sospenda il remo colà sul guado estremo il pallido nocchier.
About the headline (FAQ)
Authorship:
- 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 Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801), "Figlio, se più non vivi", 1784, first performed 1784 [ 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, tenor voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Figlio, se più non vivi", HelN 78 no. 27 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, tenor voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 27 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "My son, if you no longer live", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-06-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 34