"Svegliatevi nel core" (Sesto)
from Handel's opera
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Premiered February 20, 1724
London, King's Theatre, Haymarket
Margherita Durastanti as Sesto
from the new recording of the complete opera by George Petrou
with Mary-Ellen Nesi (Sesto) and Orchestra of Patras
Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Giacamo Francesco Bussani
"Svegliatevi nel core
furie d'un alma offesa
a far d'un traditor
aspra vendetta!
L'ombra del genitore
accorre a mia
difesa e dice: a te il rigor
Figlio si aspetta."
Translation:
Awaken in my heart
The wrath of an offended soul
So I may wreak upon a traitor
My bitter vengeance!
The ghost of my father
Hastens to my defense
Saying, "From you, my son
Ferocity is expected"
from Handel's opera
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Premiered February 20, 1724
London, King's Theatre, Haymarket
Margherita Durastanti as Sesto
from the new recording of the complete opera by George Petrou
with Mary-Ellen Nesi (Sesto) and Orchestra of Patras
Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Giacamo Francesco Bussani
"Svegliatevi nel core
furie d'un alma offesa
a far d'un traditor
aspra vendetta!
L'ombra del genitore
accorre a mia
difesa e dice: a te il rigor
Figlio si aspetta."
Translation:
Awaken in my heart
The wrath of an offended soul
So I may wreak upon a traitor
My bitter vengeance!
The ghost of my father
Hastens to my defense
Saying, "From you, my son
Ferocity is expected"
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