from Act I, Scene V of the Italian opera
Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Role: Zerlina, a peasant girl, Masetto's fiancee
Voice Part: soprano Fach: soubrette
Setting: The garden of the palace of Don Giovanni
Synopsis: With Masetto angry at Zerlina for going off with Don Giovanni, Zerlina pleads with him to beat her if he wants, but that she is innocent of anything to do with Don Giovanni.