from Act III of the Italian opera La Finta Giardiniera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Ranieri Calzabigi

Role: Roberto, servant of Violante, disguised as her brother Nardo, in love with Serpetta

Voice Part: baritone       Fach: lyric baritone

Setting: the courtyard at Anchises's palace

Synopsis: Violante and Belfiore have gone insane. Violante thinks she is Herminea, Roberto's lover, and Belfiore believes that Roberto is Venus and tries to approach her amorously. Roberto is very embarassed by all this and distracts them both in this aria by telling them to look at the heavens.