"Svegliatevi nel core" (A Kirchschlager, "Giulio Cesare")

"Svegliatevi nel core" (A Kirchschlager, "Giulio Cesare") Angelika Kirchschlager (Austrian mezzo-soprano) sings the part of Sesto, General Pompey and Cornelia's adolescent son, in Handel's "Giulio Cesare" at Glyndebourne. In this aria, Sesto feels duty-bound to muster the courage to seek vengeance upon his father's murderers. "Svegliatevi nel core, furie d'un alma offesa, a far d'un traditor aspra vendetta! L'ombra del genitore accorre a mia difesa, e dice: a te il rigor, Figlio si aspetta." -- "Awaken in my heart The wrath of an offended soul So I may wreak upon a traitor My bitter vengeance! The ghost of my father Hastens to my defense Saying, "From you, my son Ferocity is expected"." Aria (text quoted here without the recitative) taken from the multi-award-winning, famous and fabulous, funny and moving production of Handel's "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" by davidmcvicar, set in late 19th-century colonial Egypt with the Redcoats keeping Cesare's Roman Empire running. With William Christie directing the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. From Glyndebourne, August 2005. If you like this, do go and buy the video and get the entire opera! (It's really worth it!) From: mariandelochs Views: 13498 47 ratings Time: 04:02 More in Music