Handel - G. Cesare in Egitto “Empio, dirò, tu sei“

George Frideric Handel Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 “Empio, dirò, tu sei!“ Act I, Scene I Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Giacamo Francesco Bussani. Opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto was first performed at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket, London, on 20th of February 1724 with legendary alto castrato Senesino (Francesco Bernardi) performing the title role, Francesca Cuzzoni as Cleopatra and the castrato Gaetano Berenstadt in the role of Ptolemy, or Tolomeo as he is called in the Italian libre