from Act III of the French opera
Mignon by Ambroise Thomas
Libretto: Jules Barbier
Role: Lothario, an Italian nobleman
Voice Part: bass Fach: lyric bass
Setting: a garden in a castle, Italy, late 1700s
Synopsis: Mignon is very ill and, as she lays close to death, Lothario sings a lullaby to her in hopes of calming her fever.