page_title: Va tacito e nascosto
hierarchical_section_title: Va tacito e nascosto
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of contralto castrato singer Senesino, or by his birth name Francesco Bernardo
context_page_description: "Va tacito e nascosto" is an aria written for alto castrato voice in act 1 of George Frideric Handel's opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, composed in 1724 to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym. Sung by the character Julius Caesar, it features extensive solos for natural horn.
context_section_description: "Va tacito e nascosto" (Italian; translation, "Silently and stealthily") is an aria written for alto castrato voice in act 1 of George Frideric Handel's opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, composed in 1724 to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym. Sung by the character Julius Caesar, it features extensive solos for natural horn.
caption: Senesino, the first singer of the aria, c. 1720
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