from Part IV : The Holy Sepulchre, Scene I of the Italian opera
I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Temistocle Solera
Role: Oronte, son of Acciano
Voice Part: tenor Fach: spinto
Setting: a cave near Jerusalem
Synopsis: Oronte has been killed by Arvino's men in Part III. He returns, though, in Part IV as an angel sitting on a cloud and sings to Giselda who has fallen unconscious and needs water. He describes to her where the Crusaders can find water in Siloim.