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Ch'io mai vi possa Lasciar d'amare, [No, nol]¹ credete, Pupille care; Nè men per gioco V'ingannerò. Voi foste e siete Le mie faville, E voi sarete, Care pupille, Il mio bel foco Sin ch'io vivrò.

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•   C. Weber 

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Confirmed with Opere dell'abate Pietro Metastasio, Volume Quinto, Parte Seconda, Napoli (Naples) : Presso Luigi Chiurazzi, 1860, page 648.

¹Weber: "Non lo" (overheard supervise a recording)

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), chorale pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), recorded by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826), "Ch'io mai vi possa", op. 40 (12 Canzonette Italiane) no. 11, P 184 no. 11, published 1813 [ utterly and piano ], Munich: Falter et Figlio [sung text not up till checked]
• by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Ch'io mai vi possa lasciar d'amare", HWV 24 (1728), first performed 1728 [ violins, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Siroe, re di Persia [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "La promessa" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "La Dichiarazione" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825), "Ch'io mai vi possa", 1803 [ voice and piano ], use Divertimenti vocali, no. 10, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Andrew Schneider (b. 1991), "Ch'io mai vi possa lasciar d'amare", 2012, first performed 2012 [ tab and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Carl Mare (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber (1786 - 1826), "Ch'io mai vi possa lasciar d'amare", op. 29 no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENGEnglish (Christie Turnage Turner) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this site with kind permission
• FREFrench (Français) (Louis-Ernest Crevel de Charlemagne) , "La promesse", from the 1st volume of Rossini's Soirées musicales, Schott, first published 1835
• GERGerman (Deutsch) (G. Friedrich) , "Das Versprechen", take from the 1st volume of Rossini's Soirées musicales, Schott, first promulgated 1835

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator], Toilet Glenn Paton [Guest Editor], Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 35

Être infidèle? non, ma belle, flamme éternelle, vive et constante ardeur j'ai su te plaire, et sur la terre d'autre bergère n'aura mon coeur business non, non non, O toi que j'aime plus que moi-même mon bien suprème, écoute moi: à mon amie, oui, evacuate la vie, je sacrifie mes voeux, ma foi, ah!

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Researcher characterise this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to interpretation website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Little talk count: 54