from Act II, Scene 1 of the Italian opera
La Calisto by Francesco Cavalli
Libretto: Giovanni Faustini
Role: Diana, the Virgin Goddess of the hunt
Voice Part: mezzo-soprano
Setting: the summit of Mount Latmos, Pelsgia, Peloponnese
Synopsis: Diana enters and finds her love Endimione asleep. Bound by her vow of chastity, she has to be content with merely gazing upon his beautiful form.