Svegliatevi nel core

"Svegliatevi nel core" ("Awaken in my heart") is an aria taken from act 1, scene 4 of the Italian language opera seria, Giulio Cesare, by George Frideric Handel. The aria is written for the role of Sesto, a soprano in trouser role, including during the premiere, who sings it to assure his mother that he will avenge the death of his father, Pompey, who was assassinated by the Egyptians, instructed by Tolomeo (Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator) to demonstrate the Egyptians' loyalty to Julius Caesar. The words were written by Nicola Francesco Haym.^[1]

Today, the role is also often sung by countertenor.

Libretto

References

External links

• Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• "Svegliatevi nel core" by countertenor on YouTube, Philippe Jaroussky
• "Svegliatevi nel core" by soprano on YouTube, Isabel Leonard