from Act III of the Italian opera
La Finta Giardiniera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Ranieri Calzabigi
Role: Roberto, servant of Violante, disguised as her brother Nardo, in love with Serpetta
Voice Part: baritone Fach: lyric baritone
Setting: the courtyard at Anchises's palace
Synopsis: Violante and Belfiore have gone insane. Violante thinks she is Herminea, Roberto's lover, and Belfiore believes that Roberto is Venus and tries to approach her amorously. Roberto is very embarassed by all this and distracts them both in this aria by telling them to look at the heavens.