from Act IV 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: the front of a church in Milan, 1176
Synopsis: While the assembled crowd prays that the soldiers will be victorious over the Germans, Lida prays that Rolando can forgive her infidelity with Arrigo.