Se pietà di me non senti from Giulio Cesare in Egitto (HWV 17)
by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
 
Anna Prohaska
Il Giardino Armonico under Giovanni Antonini
 
Premiere:  King’s Theatre, London, 1724
The role of Cleopatra was created by Francesca Cuzzoni (1696-1778).
 
Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym (1678-1729)
Cleopatra, having fallen in love with Cesare, begs the gods to bless him.
 
CLEOPATRA
Se pietà di me non senti,
Giusto ciel, io morirò.
Tu da pace a’ miei tormenti,
O quest’alma spirerò.

CLEOPATRA
If you feel no pity for me,
Righteous Heaven, I will perish.
Appease my torments,
Or this soul will breathe its last.
[English translation by Charles Johnston]
 
From the CD Serpent & Fire - Arias for Dido and Cleopatra available from Alpha Classics:
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Photography:
NYC Dance Project by Ken Browar and Deborah Ory
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