Opera title: | Giulio Cesare |
Composer: | Georg Handel |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Giulio Cesare Synopsis |
Libretto: | Giulio Cesare Libretto |
Translation(s): | English |
Type: | duet |
Role(s): | Cornelia / Sesto |
Voice(s): | Contralto / Soprano |
Act: | 1.20 |
Previous scene: | Tu sei il cor di questo core |
Next scene: | Eseguisti o Nireno |
Ending Act I, still mourning for Pompey, Cornelia promises to avenge his death, but is stopped by her son, Sesto, who insists on doing it himself.
Duetto
Cornelia e Sesto
Son nata/o a lagrimar/sospirar, e il dolce mio conforto,
ah, sempre piangerò.
Se il fato ci tradì,
sereno e lieto dì
mai più sperar potrò.
Duet
Cornelia and Sesto
I was born / or lagrimar / sigh, and my sweet comfort,
ah, I will always cry.
If fate betrayed us,
serene and happy
I can never hope again.
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