from Act II, Scene I of the Italian opera Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti

Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano

Role: Raimondo Bidebent, chaplain at Lammermoor

Voice Part: bass       Fach: heavy bass

Setting: Enrico's rooms in the castle

Synopsis: After telling her the marriage vows she exchanged with Edgardo were not sanctioned by the church and that she is free to marry, Raimondo urges Lucia to give in to his brother's wishes.