from Act II of the Italian opera
Agrippina by George Frideric Handel
Libretto: Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani
Role: Ottone, Claudio's lieutenant
Voice Part: contralto Fach: contralto|male contralto
Setting: Rome, 1st century AD
Synopsis: Saddened by the apparent betrayal of his love Poppea, Ottone extemporizes in a garden on his sadness.