Uncover the life of the mystical queen of Egypt-Cleopatra the VII and see her through the eyes of the famous baroque composer George Frideric Handel and his librettist Nicola Francesco Haym. The woman who is most known as the last queen of Egypt and as a symbol of beauty, is a descendant of the Ptolemaic dynasty and late successor of a part of the Macedonian empire of Alexander the Great. She has fueled the fantasy of many writers, film makers, painters and composers from Plutarch to Shakespeare, as well as G.F. Handel who has implemented a very exciting part of her life story in one of his...