from Act I of the Italian opera
La Finta Giardiniera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Ranieri Calzabigi
Role: Marchioness Violante Onesti, in disguise as a gardener named Sandrina, in love with Count Belfiore
Voice Part: soprano
Setting: the garden of Don Anchises
Synopsis: Violante expresses her loneliness in this aria, comparing herself to a turtledove who is far from the nest.