from Act II, Scene 2 of the Italian opera
Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel
Libretto: Nicola Haym
Role: Sesto, son of Cornelia and Pompey
Voice Part: mezzo-soprano Fach: lyric mezzo
Setting: garden of the King's harem, Alexandria, Egypt, 48 B.C.
Synopsis: Sesto likens the revenge he plans on taking against Tolomeo to a striking serpent.