from Act I of the Italian opera
La Finta Giardiniera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Ranieri Calzabigi
Role: Serpetta, maid of the Podestà , in love with him
Voice Part: soprano Fach: soubrette
Setting: the garden of Don Anchises
Synopsis: Serpetta would like to marry soon and Roberto knows it. He is trying to get her to marry him but she tells him that an old man like him is not right for her.