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Giacomelli: Cesare in Egitto

Arianna Vendittelli (Cesare), Emőke Baráth (Cleopatra), Margherita Maria Sala (Cornelia), Filippo Mineccia (Achilla), Valerio Contaldo (Tolomeo), Federico Fiorio (Lepido)

Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone

Giacomelli: Cesare in Egitto
To be frank, Handel's score is on a consistently higher level than Giacomelli's, which is nevertheless worth a listen for its variety of moods and virtuosic writing, well managed by most of...

BBC Music Magazine, October 20253 out of 5 stars

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Giacomelli: Cesare in Egitto

Arianna Vendittelli (Cesare), Emőke Baráth (Cleopatra), Margherita Maria Sala (Cornelia), Filippo Mineccia (Achilla), Valerio Contaldo (Tolomeo), Federico Fiorio (Lepido)

Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone

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To be frank, Handel's score is on a consistently higher level than Giacomelli's, which is nevertheless worth a listen for its variety of moods and virtuosic writing, well managed by most of...

BBC Music Magazine, October 20253 out of 5 stars

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"The Italian conductor Ottavio Dantone breathes new life into Cesare in Egitto, an opera by Geminiano Giacomelli (1692-1740) based on a libretto written by Domenico Lalli with the assistance of a young collaborator not yet in his thirties: Carlo Goldoni. Cesare in Egitto, is considered to be Giacomelli’s masterpiece; his drammi per musica enjoyed great success in Parma, Venice, Milan, Rome, Turin and Graz. He also influenced the most eminent musicians of his time: Vivaldi, for example, used arias by Giacomelli in his pasticcio Bajazet. This world premiere recording was made with the Accademia Bizantina and first-rate soloists at the Innsbruck Festival, where Ottavio Dantone has been music director since 2024. "

  • Release date: 22nd Aug 2025
  • Label: Alpha
  • Catalogue number: ALPHA1141
  • Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Giacomelli: Cesare in Egitto
Work length2:43:59
Sinfonia
Track length3:45
Act I, Scene 1 Recitativo. Al sempre Augusto
Track length4:00
Act I, Scene 1 Recitativo. Signor, così tu cambi
Track length1:17
Act I, Scene 2: Aria. Cadrà quel disumano
Track length3:41
Act I, Scene 3 Recitativo. Potrebbe il vostro fasto
Track length0:39
Act I, Scene 3 Recitativo. Alla fastosa superba Roma
Track length3:41
Act I, Scene 4 Recitativo. Morto è Pompeo
Track length0:26
Act I, Scene 4 Aria. A me basta la mia bella
Track length5:05
Act I, Scene 5: Recitativo. I Natali, il comando del genitor
Track length0:31
Act I, Scene 6 Recitativo. Moi re
Track length1:46
Act I, Scene 6 Aria. Fier Leon di sdegno acceso
Track length4:47
Act I, Scene 7: Recitativo. E pure è vero
Track length1:07
Act I, Scene 8 Recitativo. Fra le gravi mie cure
Track length2:12
Act I, Scene 8 Aria. Questa destra
Track length4:49
Act I, Scene 9 Recitativo. Santi numi del ciel
Track length1:28
Act I, Scene 9 Aria. Palpita nel moi petto
Track length3:31
Act I, Scene 10 Recitativo. Qual virtù, qual fortezza
Track length0:20
Act I, Scene 10 Aria. Vibrano i dei talora
Track length3:36
Act I, Scene 11: Recitativo. Umile il re d'Egitto
Track length1:39
Act I, Scene 12 Recitativo. Cesare invitto
Track length2:31
Act I, Scene 12 Aria. Lusinga un tiranno
Track length3:12
Act I, Scene 13 Recitativo. Deh, se il moi amor può ancora
Track length0:51
Act I, Scene 13 Aria. A quelle luci irate
Track length4:44
Act I, Scene 14 Recitativo. Cleopatra, in questo giorno
Track length1:00
Act I, Scene 14 Aria. Bella, tel dica amore
Track length6:51
Act I, Scene 15 Recitativo. Seguite pur
Track length0:21
Act I, Scene 15 Aria. Chiudo in petto un cor altero
Track length5:29
Act II, Scene 1 Recitativo. Già per segrete strade
Track length1:25
Act II, Scene 1 Aria. Al vibrar della mia spada
Track length2:45
Act II, Scene 2 Recitativo. Se m'arride la sorte
Track length1:10
Act II, Scene 2 Aria. Se il sangue moi tu brami
Track length5:40
Act II, Scene 3 Recitativo. Numi, a qual ria sventura
Track length1:04
Act II, Scene 3 Aria. Se provi nel core
Track length3:53
Act II, Scene 4 Recitativo. Grand'è l'impegno
Track length0:36
Act II, Scene 4 Aria. Vendetta mi chiede
Track length4:16
Act II, Scene 5: Recitativo. Io fui quella, che prima
Track length1:27
Act II, Scene 6 Recitativo. Nel sonno oppresso
Track length2:08
Act II, Scene 6 Aria. Col vincitor mi brando
Track length4:14
Act II, Scene 7 Recitativo. Cornelia, il caso tun non merita pietà
Track length1:12
Act II, Scene 7 Aria. Oppressa, tradita
Track length1:21
Act II, Scene 8: Recitativo. Vuò seguir l'infelice
Track length0:56
Act II, Scene 9: Recitativo. Numi del ciel
Track length1:09
Act II, Scene 10 Recitativo. Vedi, Signor
Track length0:35
Act II, Scene 10 Aria. Spose tradite
Track length6:38
Act II, Scene 11: Recitativo. Achilla non temer
Track length0:59
Act II, Scene 12: Aria. Quell'agnellin che seco
Track length5:49
Act II, Scene 13 Corni da battaglia
Track length0:22
Act II, Scene 13 Recitativo. Romani, ecco il nemico
Track length0:23
Act II, Scene 13 Battaglia di Cesare e Tolomeo & Recitativo. Oppressa dalla forza
Track length1:15
Act II, Scene 13 Aria. Scende rapido spumante
Track length4:54
Act III, Scene 1: Recitativo. Tiranno, traditore
Track length2:02
Act III, Scene 2 Recitativo. Signor ritorno tinto del sangue
Track length1:07
Act III, Scene 2 Aria. Taci, non v'è più speme
Track length1:08
Act III, Scene 3 Recitativo. Udisti? Ah, se non sdegni
Track length1:09
Act III, Scene 3 Aria. Nel sen mi giubila
Track length3:15
Act III, Scene 4 Recitativo. Quanto Achilla t'inganni
Track length0:47
Act III, Scene 4 Aria. Son qual nave da due venti
Track length4:24
Act III, Scene 5 Recitativo. Desti luogo nell'alma
Track length0:50
Act III, Scene 5 Recitativo accompagnato. Vanne, mio figlio
Track length0:28
Act III, Scene 5 Recitativo. E nutre la tua Roma
Track length0:15
Act III, Scene 5 Recitativo accompagnato. Anima mia
Track length0:21
Act III, Scene 5 Recitativo. Figlio! Che? Tu sospiri
Track length1:40
Act III, Scene 6 Recitativo. Così appunto favella
Track length1:23
Act III, Scene 6 Aria. Tu m'ami, lo vedo
Track length2:19
Act III, Scene 7 Recitativo. Numi voi che reggete
Track length0:16
Act III, Scene 7 Aria. Scorre per l'onde ardito
Track length4:10
Act III, Scene 8 Recitativo. Ecco l'atrio
Track length0:47
Act III, Scene 8 Aria. A un cor forte
Track length4:03
Act III, Scene 9 Recitativo accompagnato. Ombra del caro sposo
Track length1:05
Act III, Scene 9 Recitativo. Giorno è questo di feste
Track length1:02
Act III, Scene 10: Recitativo. Mora l'indegno
Track length1:31
Act III, Scene ultima Recitativo. Vedi, Cleopatra
Track length1:48
Act III, Scene ultima Coro. Dal seno di giove
Track length0:39

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Awards and reviews

October 2025

To be frank, Handel's score is on a consistently higher level than Giacomelli's, which is nevertheless worth a listen for its variety of moods and virtuosic writing, well managed by most of the cast.
3 out of 5 stars

Awards Issue 2025

The scoring is modest...but, my goodness, the playing of the Accademia Bizantina seizes the attention...All the singers cope brilliantly with the lengthy roulades, and the cadenzas are relatively restrained.
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