Giulio Cesare: Tu sei il cor (Ne'er reject a tender lover)

[podkivanok]

Oh, Cornelia acts sooo badly

[asisecanta]

Does someone have Sextus' "Svegliatevi nel core", of this version, performed by Della Jones and could please upload it?

Thanks in advance!

[mrtyles]

Ne'er reject a tender lover. Flaming eyes forget you're fire. Pretty good line for the Baroque period. Pretty damn repetitive though.

[mrtyles]

English opera. A rare treat.

[elias12186]

Did Handel use this aria in a different opera?

[contessabrilliante]

I doubt it, but composers often borrowed from themselves and others, but not an entire aria. Just a bar or two, certain endings, runs, and especially the embellishments. But I can see why you thought you heard it elsewhere. Certain things sound so similar, at least in style, from the same composer.

[hillevifan]

The air of Iris in "Semele", "from mortal cares retiring" sounds a tad like Achilla's "Dal fugor di questa spada" but not this aria.

[BayAreaBiker2001]

There was no copyright law in Handel's day. Intellectual property was not recognized as it is today. Physical property can be easily established, but intellectual property is more difficult.

[walkure8]

J.T. greatest bass of our generation?

[hillevifan]

I think Kurt Moll is better- and Sam Ramey- and a little known Bass named James Maddalena- theyre all great

[Ufelan]

Awesome! I love John Tomlinson.

[blatherskitenoir]

He's sings it very beautifully, pity that the effect of an aria is always tarnished when sung in a language understandable.

[BayAreaBiker2001]

Handel spoke (and wrote) three languages: German, Italian, and English. "Julius Caesar" was written in Italian, "Messiah" was in English. A literal translation would not work well, but a translation that is freer, but maintains the general sense of th original would work better.

[Timrath]

I've always heard he didn't speak English (or did so only barely), just like king George II.

[doitbitch]

he also spoke french

[hillevifan]

could you please upload Sextus' recitative and aria from the first act please?