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by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)

Che sento? Oh dio! Morrà Cleopatra ancora
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Che sento? Oh dio! Morrà Cleopatra ancora.
Anima vil che parli mai? Deh taci,
avrò, per vendicarmi
in bellicosa parte
di Bellona in sembianza un cor di Marte.
Intanto oh numi, voi che il ciel reggete,
difendete il mio bene,
ch'egli è del seno mio conforto e speme

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Che sento? Oh dio! Morrà Cleopatra ancora", HWV 17 (1724), first performed 1724, from opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, no. 28

Text Authorship:

  • by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "What do I hear! God! Cleopatra shall likewise die!", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

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