from Act I of the Italian opera
Le Villi by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Ferdinando Fontana
Role: Anna, daughter of Guglielmo, engaged to Roberto
Voice Part: soprano Fach: lyric soprano
Setting: A town in the Black Forest during spring
Synopsis: Anna puts her bouquet from her engagement celebration in Roberto's luggage. He is about to leave to go to Mainz where he has been left a fortune. She hopes that he will think of her when he looks at the flowers.