Qui nobile donzella
Opera details:
Opera title: | Giulio Cesare |
Composer: | Georg Handel |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Giulio Cesare Synopsis |
Libretto: | Giulio Cesare Libretto |
Translation(s): | English |
Recitative details:
Type: | recitative |
Role(s): | Giulio Cesare / Curio / Cleopatra |
Voice(s): | Contralto or Mezzo-Soprano or CounterTenor / Bass / Soprano |
Act: | 1.11 |
| Previous scene: | Sire, con Sesto il figlio |
| Next scene: | Cornelia, in quei tuoi lumi |
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Act I, Qui nobile donzella
Singer(s): Beverly Sills Norman TreigleProvided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Act I, Qui nobile donzella · Julius Rudel · Georg Friedrich Händel · William Beck · Norman Treigle · Beverly Sills · New York City Opera Orchestra
Händel: Julius Caesar, HWV 17
℗ Originally Recorded 1967. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Producer: Peter Dellheim
Recording Engineer: Bernard Keville
Librettist: Nicola Francesco Haym
Reissue Producer: Nathaniel S. Johnson
Re-mastering Engineer: James Nichols
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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
Recitativo Curio
(entra, introduce Cleopatra e Nireno)
Qui nobile donzella
chiede chinarsi al Cesare di Roma.
Cesare
Se n' venga pur.
Cleopatra
Tra stuol di damigelle
io servo a Cleopatra,
Lidia m'appello, e sotto il ciel d'Egitto di nobil sangue nata;
ma Tolomeo mi toglie,
barbaro usurpator, la mia fortuna.
Cesare
(da se'):
(Quanta bellezza un sol sembiante aduna!) Tolomeo sì tiranno?
Curio
(da se'):
(Se Cornelia mi sprezza,
oggi a Lidia rivolto
collocherò quest'alma in sì bel volto).
Cleopatra
(s'inginocchia avanti Cesare e dice piangendo): Avanti al tuo cospetto, avanti a Roma,
mesta, afflitta e piangente
chieggio giustizia.
Cesare
(da se'):
(Oh dio! che innamora!)
(leva da terra Cleopatra) Sfortunata donzella, in breve d'ora deggio portarmi in corte,
oggi colà stabilirò tua sorte.
(da se')
(Che bel crin!)
Curio
(da se'):
(Che bel sen!)
Cleopatra
Signor, i tuoi favori legan quest'alma.
Cesare
E la tua chioma i cori.
English Libretto or Translation:
Curio Recitative
(enter, introduce Cleopatra and Nireno)
Here noble damsel
he asks to bend over to the Caesar of Rome.
Caesar
If there is still.
Cleopatra
Between bridesmaids
I serve Cleopatra,
Lydia appealed to me, and under the heaven of Egypt of noble blood;
but Tolomeo removes me,
barbarous usurpator, my fortune.
Caesar
(by himself'):
(How much beauty a solemn appearance aduna!) Tolomeo yes tyrant?
Curio
(by himself'):
(If Cornelia despises me,
today in Lidia addressed
I will place this alma in a beautiful face).
Cleopatra
(he kneels before Caesar and says crying): Forward before you, ahead of Rome,
sad, afflicted and crying
I'm looking for justice.
Caesar
(by himself'):
(Oh god! Who falls in love!)
(Cleopatra floor lever) Unfortunate damsel, shortly by now I take to court,
today I will establish your fate there.
(by himself')
(What a nice crin!)
Curio
(by himself'):
(What a nice sen!)
Cleopatra
Sir, your favors tie this alma.
Caesar
And your choirs are your hair.
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