from Act II of the Italian opera
Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco
Role: Arbaces, Idomeneo's confidant
Voice Part: tenor
Setting: Idomeneo's apartments
Synopsis: Arbaces tells Idomeneo that he would make Idomeneo's troubles go away if he could, but he can't. He tells Idomeneo that these troubles are the hazards of kingship.