Handel Weekend in Wardour Chapel, Wiltshire given in 2023 by Cherubim Chamber Choir & Orchestra, conductor Harry Bradford.

GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO
Composed for the Royal Academy of Music (not the present institution) Julius Cæsar in Egypt (HWV 17) was premiered to great success at the Haymarket Theatre in 1724, with the famous castrato Senesino in the title role.
Ritorni omai nel nostro core (Act 3 Finale)
Cleopatra: Antonida Kocharova Cesare: Hera Protopapas

Ritorni omai nel nostro core la bella gioja ed il piacer;
Sgrombrato è il sen d’ogni dolore, cia scun ritorni ora goder.
May joy and pleasure return to our hearts;
As each breast is cleared of sorrow, and happiness floods over us all.
Cesare & Cleopatra:
Un bel contento il sen già si prepara, se tu sarai costante ogni’or per me.
Cosi sorti dal cor la doglia amara, e sol vi resta amor, costanza e fe.
A beautiful contentment awaits me if you will be constant every hour;
thus bitter pain is expelled and only love, constancy and faith remain.
Ritorni omai …

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