from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera
Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel
Libretto: Nicola Haym
Role: Giulio Cesare, emporer of Rome
Voice Part: contralto Fach: contralto|dramatic baritone
Setting: Cleopatra's room, Alexandria, Egypt, 48 B.C.
Synopsis: Caesar sees Cleopatra for the first time and is entranced by her beauty.