from Act I of the Italian opera
La Finta Giardiniera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Ranieri Calzabigi
Role: Don Anchises, Podestà of Lagonero, in love with Sandrina
Voice Part: tenor
Setting: the garden of Don Anchises
Synopsis: After he has told Sandrina how much he loves her, Anchises describes the sound of the orchestra with its flutes and oboes and its drum and trumpets. The mighty sound almost makes him mad.