from Act II of the Italian opera
La Finta Giardiniera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Ranieri Calzabigi
Role: Ramiro, rejected lover of Arminda
Voice Part: soprano Fach: male soprano|lyric soprano|lyric mezzo
Setting: a hall in Anchises's palace
Synopsis: Ramiro tries to approach Arminda and speak to her, but she will have nothing to do with her and leaves him. He has not given up though and declares in his aria that he still has hope and that hope will sustain him through all else.