from Act IV of the Italian opera
Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito
Libretto: Arrigo Boito
Role: Faust, a philosopher
Voice Part: tenor Fach: spinto tenor
Setting: Ancient Greece
Synopsis: Mefistofele takes Faust back to Ancient Greece and introduces him to Helen of Troy in order to convince him to give in to sin. Faust finds that Helen is his ideal woman in beauty and purity and tells her this.