from Act II 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: apartments in the Macedonian port of Nymphaeum

Synopsis: Farnace has been imprisoned by his father for treason. He tells Mitridate that he is not the only guilty one though and an equal amount of blame should be placed on Sifare's shoulders.