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 has found out that Arrigo, her former lover who she thought was dead, is actually alive. She sings of her joy of finding him alive.