from Act III 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 tower on the walls of the Macedonian port of Nymphaeum

Synopsis: After Marzio gives him the opportunity to rule if the Romans conquer Nymphaeum, Farnace declares that he hates the Romans. He realizes that he has been deluded all this time and now he will go back to his father's side.