O del mio dolce ardor

O del mio dolce ardor
Bramato oggetto,
L'aura che tu respiri,
Alfin respiro.

O vunque il guardo io giro,
Le tue vaghe sembianze
Amore in me dipinge:
Il mio pensier si finge
Le più liete speranze;
E nel desio che così
M'empie il petto
Cerco te, chiamo te, spero e sospiro.

by Raniero de' Calzabigi (1714-1795)

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by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787) , "O del mio dolce ardor", first performed 1770, from the opera Paride ed Elena

ENG English (Paul Hindemith)
POR Portuguese (Débora Letícia Batista)
SPA Spanish (Aminta Iriarte)
SPA Spanish (Diego S. Loyola)
GER German (Julia Hamann)
DUT Dutch (Marike Lindhout)

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