from Act II 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: apartments in the Macedonian port of Nymphaeum
Synopsis: After his father's fiancee, Aspasia, tells him that she is in love with him, Sifare worries that he has caused too much trouble and says his farewell to Aspasia to make her forget about him.