Skip to contentPietro Metastasio(Pietro Trapassi)
Born January 3, 1698 (Rome).
Died April 12, 1782 (Vienna).
Texts by this poet
- Quell’ innocente figlio, D 17 (That innocent son)
- Entra l’uomo allor che nasce, D 33 (When he is born, the human being enters)
- Te solo adoro, D 34 (I adore only you)
- Serbate, o Dei custodi, D 35 (Preserve, oh gods who preside)
- Misero pargoletto, D 42 (Poor child)
- Pensa, che questo istante, D 76 (Think that this moment)
- Son fra l’onde, D 78 (I am in the middle of the waves)
- Leiden der Trennung, D 509 (The pains of separation)
- Vedi quanto adoro, D 510 (See how much I adore you)
- Da quel sembiante appresi, D 688/3 (I learned from that countenance)
- Mio ben ricordati, D 688/4 (Remember, my beloved)
- L’incanto degli occhi, D 902/1, D 990E (The enchantment of the eyes)
- Il traditor deluso, D 902/2 (The traitor tricked)
