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Music:G F Handel Lyrics: Nicola Francesco Haym.
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First performance, Kings Theatré London 20 februari 1724.
| Role | Voicetype |
|---|---|
| Giulio Cesare/Julius Caesar, Roms 1:e emperor, | alto |
| Curio/Curius, roman tribune, | bass |
| Cornelia Pompeos/Pompejus wife, | alto |
| Sesto/Sextus, son of Cornelia and Pompeo, | soprano |
| Cleopatra/Kleopatra, Queen of Egypt, | soprano |
| Tolemeo/Ptolemaios, King of Egypt, Kleopatras brother, | alto |
| Achilla/Aichilleus, Ptolemaios general and advisor, | bass |
| Nireno/Nirenus, Kleopatras och Tolomeos confident, | alto |
| Cesares följe, konspiratörer, | choir |
Egypt welcomes Caesar, who has come to do battle with Pompey. On behalf of Ptolemy, ruler of Egypt,Achilla brings gifts to Caesar, including Pompey´s severed head - to Caesar´s disgust.Cornelia (Pompeys wife) attempts suicide and her son Sextus (Sesto) swears to avenge his father.Cleopatra, equally disgusted looks to ally herself with Caesar against her brother Ptomely. Achilla boasts to Ptomely that he will kill Caesar - in return for Cornelia. Sextus challenges Ptomely to a duel but the Egyptian has the boy arrested and his mother assigned to garden duties. Archilla offers himself to Cornelia in return for her freedom. She spurns him.
Disguised as "Lidia",Cleopatra plans to seduce Caesar. Meanwhile Cornelia,feverishly pursued by Achilla and Ptomely,again attempts suicide but is restrained by her son. Caesar and "Lidia" meet in a garden, where their increasingly friendly chat is interrupted by news that Caesar has been betrayed and that people are seeking his death. "Lidia" discloses her true identity and tries to calm the situation, bur she fails and begs Caesar to flee. Caesar refuses and moves to confront his aggressors.In another garden, Ptomely confirms his desire for Cornelia and narrowly avoids being assassionated by Sextus,who is foiled by Achilla,. Ptomely,after fighting Achilla over Cornelia, leaves for battle with the Romans. Sextus is prevented from killing himself by his mother.
Achilla betrays Ptomely by placing his soldiers at Cleopatra´s disposal. Ptomely takes his sister prisoner, but just as Cleopatra is bidding farewell to her friends, Caesar arrives to save her. Meanwhile Ptomely is advancing upon Cornelia, whose son promptly enters to kill her assailant. In Alexandria Caesar and Cleopatra acknowledge Cornelia and Sextus as friends and proclaim their love for each other. The opera ends with a celebration of peace.
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