Which Handel opera features Cleopatra and Julius Caesar as characters?

Which Handel opera features Cleopatra and Julius Caesar as characters? Giulio Cesare features them.

George Frideric Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, commonly shortened to Giulio Cesare, features Julius Caesar and Cleopatra as its central characters. It is an Italian opera seria in three acts, with a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, and was first performed in London in 1724.

The plot is loosely based on events during the Roman Civil War and Caesar’s intervention in Egypt. Cleopatra seeks to defeat her brother Ptolemy and secure the Egyptian throne, while Caesar becomes her political ally and lover. The opera reshapes history into Baroque drama, adding elaborate intrigue, disguises, battles, and emotional reversals.

The original Caesar was written for the famous castrato Senesino, while Cleopatra was created for the soprano Francesca Cuzzoni. Modern productions often cast a countertenor, contralto, or mezzo-soprano as Caesar because the castrato tradition has disappeared. Cleopatra’s arias, including “V’adoro, pupille,” “Piangerò,” and “Da tempeste,” are among the opera’s most celebrated music.

Tamerlano, Alcina, and Rodelinda are also Handel operas, but none centers on the Caesar-and-Cleopatra story.