from Act I, Scene 1 of the Italian opera
La Battaglia di Legnano by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano
Role: Rolando, a soldier of Milan, married to Lida
Voice Part: baritone Fach: dramatic baritone
Setting: near the walls of rebuilt Milan, 1176
Synopsis: Rolando reunites with his friend Arrigo who he believed had died in war. He sings of the grief he felt when he thought he was dead.