from Act I of the Italian opera Mitridate, Rè di Ponto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi

Role: Sifare, a son of Mitridate, in love with Aspasia

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: male soprano

Setting: a square in the Macedonian port of Nymphaeum

Synopsis: After his brother Farnace suggests closing the city gates to prevent their father from entering, Sifare says that he will try to be loyal to both his brother and his father.