Händel: HWV 17/35. Piangerò la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare in Egitto) - Petibon (Marcon)

’Piangerò la sorte mia’ (Cleopatra) Aria from the opera ’Giulio Cesare in Egitto’, HWV 17 Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym, after Giacomo Francesco Bussani’s ’Giulio Cesare in Egitto’ (music by Antonio Sartorio, 1676) Music: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) First performance: 20 February 1724, in London (King’s Theatre, Haymarket) ___ Cleopatra: Patricia Petibon, soprano Venice Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Andrea Marcon Recorded in September 2009 ___ CLEOPATRA Piangerò la sorte mia, sì crudele e