by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)
Che sento? Oh dio! Morrà Cleopatra ancora
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): 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
Authorship:
- by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Che sento? Oh dio! Morrà Cleopatra ancora", HWV 17 (1724), first performed 1724, from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, no. 28. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-02
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