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: Anchises has just told Violante that he loves her. She is rather disgusted by this, though, and thinks about leaving this job. She sings her aria about the injustice that women face because men force themselves upon them.