Cesare e Cleopatra, GraunWV B:I:7 (Graun, Karl Heinrich)

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7 more: Act I, Sc.1. Aria (Tolomeo): Sopportar non devo • Act I, Sc.3. Aria (Cleopatra): Se avvien che si posi • Act I, Sc.6. Aria (Cesare): Quel che lontano • Act I, Sc.7. Aria: Strappare al nemico • Act I, Sc.8. Aria (Cleopatra): Tra le procelle assorto • Act II, Sc.4. Aria (Cleopatra): Ah, dirti non poss'io • Act III, Sc.1. Aria (Cesare): Voglio strage, e sangue voglio

Editor Dragan Karolic (b. 1960)
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Misc. Notes For parts visit baroque-opera.com. Follow the score with synchronized audio on YouTube: Overture, Act I, Sc.1, Act I, Sc.3, Act I, Sc.6, Act I, Sc.7, Act I, Sc.8, Act II, Sc.4, Act III, Sc.1
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Copyist Johann Gottlieb Morgenstern (1687–1763)
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Work Title Cesare e Cleopatra
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Composer Graun, Karl Heinrich
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. GraunWV B:I:7
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IKG 19
First Performance. 1742/12/07 in Berlin, Hofoper
Librettist Giovanni Gualberto Bottarelli (fl.1741-83)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 9 voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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Cast
Cesare (S)
Cleopatra (S)
Cornelia (S)
Lentulo (S)
Sesto (S)
Tolomeo (S)
Cneo (S)
Arsace (A)
Achilla (B)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)
Orchestra

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons
2 horns, strings, continuo
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