from Act IV of the French opera
Iphigénie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Libretto: Guillard François
Role: Iphigénie, Priestess of Diana
Voice Part: soprano
Setting:
Synopsis: The king of Tauride has ordered Iphigénie to sacrifice the Greek strangers. She feels somehow drawn to one of them (Orestes, her unidentified brother) and cannot bring herself to kill him. She asks Diana to give her the strength to do the deed and is about to do so, when Orestes reveals his Identity and brother and sister are reunited.