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"Svegliatevi nel core" is an aria taken from act 1, scene 4 of the Italian language opera seria, Giulio Cesare, by George Frideric Handel. The aria is written for the role of Sesto, a soprano in trouser role, including during the premiere, who sings it to assure his mother that he will avenge the death of his father, Pompey, who was assassinated by the Egyptians, instructed by Tolomeo to demonstrate the Egyptians' loyalty to Julius Caesar. The words were written by Nicola Francesco Haym.
Today, the role is also often sung by countertenor.
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