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Sweet is the sight from the shore
Sweet is the sight from the shore
Of one who is about to be shipwrecked; not that the harm
Of one who is about to be shipwrecked; not that the harm
of others delights, but only because the sight
of others' delights, but only because the sight
Of a misfortune that is not suffered is sweet.
Of a misfortune that is not suffered is sweet.
But what? The grey-haired age
But what? The grey-haired age
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Has its own; and from the fear of others
Has its own; and from the fear of others
It is not freed. The follies are various
It is not freed. The follies are various
But everyone is mad; and at his pleasure he turns to hate or love, greed or wrath.
But everyone is mad; and at his pleasure, he turns to hate or love, greed or wrath.


We are ships in the surging waves
We are ships in the surging waves
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all life is the sea.
all life is the sea.


Well, as a helmsman, in us
Reason watches; but then
Yet by the wave-like pride
Lets itself be carried away.


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| libretto-text =<poem>I see that love makes thee delirious* -  
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but we are all the slaves of some passion -  
but we are all the slaves of some passion -  
every one is ruled by love or hate,  
everyone is ruled by love or hate,  
by anger or desire
by anger or desire


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Our furious passions that prevail
Our furious passions that prevail
Are dang'rous winds that swell the sail;
Are dang'rous winds that swell the sail;
Our life's the sea on which we steeer
Our life's the sea on which we steer
And pleasure is the rock we fear.  
And pleasure is the rock we fear.  


Well, as a helmsman, in us
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Reason watches; but then
Yet by the wave-like pride
Lets itself be carried away.</poem>
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*) both, the poetic English and the German version have abbreviated the text. <ref name="Libretto English"/></poem></div>
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Doch reißen** uns die Stürme hin,  
Doch reißen** uns die Stürme hin,  
Die über Geist, Vernunft und Sinn
Die über Geist, Vernunft und Sinn
Zu mächtig starcke Meister waren.  
Zu mächtig starke*** Meister waren.  
(Gehet ab.)}}
(Gehet ab.)}}
<div class="footnotes"><poem>*) Original German: "Wiederwärtigkeiten"
<div class="footnotes"><poem>*) Original: "Wiederwärtigkeiten"
**) Original German: "reisen"}}</poem>''Source: Libretto, Munich, 1764''<ref name="Libretto German"/></poem></div>
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Revision as of 23:16, 2 November 2024

L'Olimpiade
by Andrea Bernasconi
Andrea Bernasconi - Olimpiade - German title page of the libretto - München 1764
Andrea Bernasconi - Olimpiade - German title page of the libretto - München 1764[1]
EnglishThe Olimpiad
GenreOpera
LibrettoPietro Metastiasio
Premiere
DateJanuary 20, 1764
LocationMünchen, Hoftheater[2]

"Siam navi all'onde algenti" is an aria from the opera L'Olimpiade (Engl.: The Olympiad) by Andrea Bernasconi. The author of the libretto is Pietro Metastasio.

The libretto indicates Sebastiano Emiliani as the singer of the role of Aminta.

It appears on the following album:

Year Album Ensemble
2023 Forgotten Arias (Album) Le Concert de la Loge

Libretto

Siam navi all'onde algenti
(We are ships on swelling waves)

from  L'Olimpiade
Andrea Bernasconi (music),  Pietro Metastasio (words)

(Aminta (Amyntas))


‎


Italy
Italian

Insana gioventù! Qualora esposta
ti veggo tanto agl'impeti d'amore,
di mia vecchiezza io mi consolo e rido.
Dolce è il mirar dal lido
chi sta per naufragar; non che ne alletti
il danno altrui ma sol perché l'aspetto
d'un mal che non si soffre è dolce oggetto.
Ma che? L'età canuta
non ha le sue tempeste? Ah! Che purtroppo
ha le sue proprie; e dal timor dell'altre
sciolta non è. Son le follie diverse
ma folle è ognuno; e a suo piacer n'aggira
l'odio o l'amor, la cupidigia o l'ira.
 
Siam navi all'onde algenti
lasciate in abbandono;
impetuosi venti
i nostri affetti sono;
ogni diletto è scoglio;
tutta la vita è mar.
 
Ben, qual nocchiero, in noi
veglia ragion; ma poi
pur dall'ondoso orgoglio
si lascia trasportar. (Parte)

source: Progetto Metastasio, L'Olimpiade, 1757[3]

United Kingdom
English literal translation

Foolish youth! When I see thee exposed
so much to the impulses of love,
I console myself with my old age and laugh.
Sweet is the sight from the shore
Of one who is about to be shipwrecked; not that the harm
of others' delights, but only because the sight
Of a misfortune that is not suffered is sweet.
But what? The grey-haired age
has not its storms? Ah! it alas
Has its own; and from the fear of others
It is not freed. The follies are various
But everyone is mad; and at his pleasure, he turns to hate or love, greed or wrath.

We are ships in the surging waves
Left to abandonment;
a raging storm
are our affections;
every pleasure is reef;
all life is the sea.

Well, as a helmsman, in us
Reason watches; but then
Yet by the wave-like pride
Lets itself be carried away.

 

Translation: FR<ref name="FR">

United Kingdom
English poetic translation

I see that love makes thee delirious* -
but we are all the slaves of some passion -
everyone is ruled by love or hate,
by anger or desire

We're vessels left to wander wide
Amidst a rough and stormy tide
Our furious passions that prevail
Are dang'rous winds that swell the sail;
Our life's the sea on which we steer
And pleasure is the rock we fear.

source: Libretto from the Cimarosa version, London 1788
B-Part missing

  • ) both, the poetic English and the German version have abbreviated the text. [4]
Germany
German poetic translation

Unverständige Jugend, wie wirst du
von dessen stürmenden Leidenschaften hingerissen,
mein ruhiges Alter siehet deine Thorheit mit Mitleiden an.

Aber wie? Hat das graue Alter
nicht auch seine stürmischen Tage? O Ja, der Haß,
die Liebe, die Begierde, und der Zorn
treiben es gleichfalls zu Widerwärtigkeiten* und Sorgen.

Den Schiffen gleichen wir,
In wildem Meer verlassen,
Wenn heftige Winde hier,
Das morsche Ruder fassen
Dem Meer ist das Leben gleich
An Klippen durch Begierden reich.

Wir sind zwar Schiffer die erfahren,
Doch reißen** uns die Stürme hin,
Die über Geist, Vernunft und Sinn
Zu mächtig starke*** Meister waren.
(Gehet ab.)

<poem>*) Original: "Wiederwärtigkeiten"
    • ) Original: "reisen"
      • ) Original: "starcke"}}
Source: Libretto, Munich, 1764[5]</poem>

Sources

Beginning of "Bacio l'ombre," manuscript, ca. 1709
Beginning of "Bacio l'ombre," manuscript, ca. 1709[6]
  • Free Score at the IMSLP:
Copyist of Vienna
Manuscript, n.d. (ca.1709).
Public Domain
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (A-Wn): Mus.Hs.17066
"La decollazione di S. Giovanni Batista (Bononcini, Antonio Maria)". IMSLP. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  • Libretto in German

L' Olimpiade: dramma per musica da rappresentarsi nel nuovo Teatro di Corte

per comandi di s.a.s.E. Massimiliano Giuseppe Duca dell'Alta, e Bassa Baviera ...
nel carnevale dell'anno MDCCLXIV
= Die Olimpischen Spiele : ein musicalisches Schau-Spiel,
welches aus höchstem Befehl Sr. Churfürstl. Durchleucht in Bayern &c. &c.
auf den Churfürstlichen neuen Theater in der Carnevals-Zeit Anno 1764. ist aufgeführet worden
Bernasconi, Andrea: L'Olimpiade. Monaco : Thuille, 1764. 1709. Archived from the original on November 1, 2024. Retrieved November 1, 2024.[7]


L'Olimpiade. A serious opera in two acts [altered from P. A. D. B. Metastasio], as performed at the King's Theatre, etc. Ital. & Eng (Cimarosa) https://www.google.de/books/edition/L_Olimpiade_A_serious_opera_in_two_acts/9xHIBLPrsMwC?hl=de&gbpv=1


References

  1. ↑ "File:Andrea Bernasconi - Olimpiade - german titlepage of the libretto - München 1764.png". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on November 1, 2024. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named German libretto
  3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Progetto Metastasio
  4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Libretto English
  5. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Libretto German
  6. ↑ "La decollazione di S. Giovanni Batista (Bononcini, Antonio Maria)". IMSLP. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  7. ↑ Die Enthaubtung Deß H. Johannes Deß Tauffers. Bey den Cosmerovischen Erben. 1709. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
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