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

Libretto: Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi

Role: Farnace, a son of Mitridate, in love with Aspasia, friend of Marzio

Voice Part: countertenor       Fach: countertenor

Setting: a square in the Macedonian port of Nymphaeum

Synopsis: Farnace declares that he does not fear his father's wrath, for it can only make Farnace stronger.