from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera
La Battaglia di Legnano by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano
Role: Lida, Rolando's wife
Voice Part: soprano Fach: dramatic coloratura
Setting: next to the moats surrounding Milan under some trees, 1176
Synopsis: Lida's companions cannot understand why she is not happy on this day of Milan's victory. She tells them that she cannot be happy because her brothers and her parents have been killed in battle and although joy is all around her, she can only cry.