from Act II, Scene 2 of the French opera
Mignon by Ambroise Thomas
Libretto: Jules Barbier
Role: Philine, an actress
Voice Part: soprano Fach: lyric coloratura
Setting: a park in a German castle, late 1700s
Synopsis: Philine has finished her show, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and declares that she loves playing Titania, the fairy queen.