Text & Translation
Son fra l’onde
Italian source:
Pietro Metastasio
E al furor di doppio vento;
Or resisto, or mi sgomento
Fra la speme, e fra l’orror.
Per la fè, per la tua vita
Or pavento, or sono ardita,
E ritrovo egual, martire
Nell’ ardire e nel’ timor.
I am among the waves
English translation ©
Richard Wigmore
a prey to the fury of fierce winds;
now I am resolute, now I tremble,
vacillating between hope and terror.
Now I fear for your faith, for your life,
now I am emboldened;
and yet I find equal suffering
in boldness and in fear.
Son fra l’onde
Italian source:
Pietro Metastasio
I am among the waves
English source:
Richard Wigmore
Son fra l’onde in mezzo al mare,
I am among the waves in the midst of the sea,
E al furor di doppio vento;
a prey to the fury of fierce winds;
Or resisto, or mi sgomento
now I am resolute, now I tremble,
Fra la speme, e fra l’orror.
vacillating between hope and terror.
Per la fè, per la tua vita
Now I fear for your faith, for your life,
Or pavento, or sono ardita,
now I am emboldened;
E ritrovo egual, martire
and yet I find equal suffering
Nell’ ardire e nel’ timor.
in boldness and in fear.
Composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an late Classical and early Romantic composer. He produced a vast oeuvre during his short life, composing more the 600 vocal works (largely Lieder), and well as several symphonies, operas, and a large body of piano music. He…
Poet
Pietro Metastasio
Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio, was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti. Metastasio was born in Rome, where his father, Felice Trapassi,…
Performances
Previously performed at:
- Love and Love Betrayed 19 Oct 2024
- Schubert Abroad: Schubert & Co. 23 Oct 2018