from Act II of the Italian opera
Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Gianbattista Varesco
Role: Ilia, daughter of King Priam of Troy
Voice Part: soprano Fach: lyric coloratura
Setting: Idomeneo's apartments
Synopsis: Ilia tells Idomeneo that even though she has lost everything, she is happy in Crete and she now thinks of Idomeneo as her father.