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Presti omai l'Egizia terra

Opera details:

Opera title:

Giulio Cesare

Composer:

Georg Handel

Language:

Italian

Synopsis:

Giulio Cesare Synopsis

Libretto:

Giulio Cesare Libretto

Translation(s):

English

Aria details:

Type:

aria

Role(s):

Giulio Cesare

Voice(s):

Contralto or Mezzo-Soprano or CounterTenor

Act:

1.03

Previous scene: Questa è Cornelia
Next scene: La Reggia Tolomeo

Presti omai - Marijana Mijanovic LIVE 2002 in Bremen - Giulio Cesare - Handel

Singer(s): Sarah Connolly Danielle de Niese Dominique Visse

For me still the most amazing Handel performance ever heard: MARIJANA MIJANOVIC as Giulio Cesare in Bremen, recorded 2 months before the CD.

Musikfest Bremen
21.9.2002 Musicaltheater Bremen
Les Musiciens du Louvre, MARC MINKOWSKI

GIULIO CESARE
**************
Presti omai l'egizia terra
le sue palme al vincitor!
**************
Let the land of Egypt now
offer its palms to the victor!
**************

Rest of the cast:
Cleopatra - Danielle de Niese
Sesto - Sarah Connolly
Cornelia - Marie Nicole Lemieux
Tolomeo - Flavio Oliver
Achilla - Franck Leguerinel
Nireno - Dominique Visse
Curio - Kevin Greenlaw

Who understands some German, read what M. Minkowski says about M. Mijanovic (last but one paragraph):
"[...] Minkowski: «Das war einst eine Kastratenrolle, und wir wissen nicht genau, wie es getönt hat. Aber ich glaube, dass eine agile Altistin mit einer perfekten Tiefe diesen Stil, diesen Ausdruck natürlicher trifft.» In der jungen Jugoslawin Marijana Mijanovic hat er solch eine Künstlerin gefunden. Auf der «Giulio Cesare»-Tournee sang sie den Titelhelden, eine kleine Sensation."

*Last not least, thank you, CRINDORO, for sending me these most precious mp3s.*

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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:

Aria di Cesare

Presti ormai l'egizia terra
le sue palme al vincitor!
Curio, Cesare venne, e vide e vinse; già sconfitto Pompeo invan ricorre
per rinforzar de' suoi guerrier lo stuolo d'Egitto al re.

English Libretto or Translation:

Caesars air

Soon now the Egyptian land
his palms to the vincitor!
Curio, Caesar came, and saw and won; already defeated Pompey invan recurs
to strengthen his host of Egypt to the king for his warriors.

Sheetmusic in our database with this aria

Anthology of Italian Opera: Mezzo-Soprano

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