from Act II of the Italian opera
Ascanio in Alba by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Abbate Giuseppe Parini
Role: Aceste, priest of Venus
Voice Part: tenor Fach: tenor leggiero
Setting: the raised city of Alba Longa
Synopsis: Aceste tells Silvia that the veils that have hidden her love will soon been gone. She needs only to wait a little longer.