from Act I, Scene II of the Italian opera
Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano
Role: Lucia Lammermoor, Enrico's sister
Voice Part: soprano Fach: dramatic coloratura
Setting: A park in the estate grounds
Synopsis: After a ghost appears to Lucia, her servant cautions her to stop seeing Edgardo. Lucia responds that she won't leave him, for Edgardo is her joy in life.