from Act I of the Italian opera
Il Rè Pastore by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Role: Amintas, shepherd, in love with Elisa
Voice Part: soprano Fach: male soprano|lyric soprano
Setting: the countryside of Sidon
Synopsis: Amintas sings to the river, saying that he hears its murmuring. It asks Amintas where Elisa, his beloved, is.