from Act I of the Italian opera
La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Role: Leonora, the daughter of the Marquis of Calatrava
Voice Part: soprano Fach: spinto
Setting: Leonora's room in her father's house in Seville
Synopsis: Leonora has been debating running away with her lover Don Alvaro. Leonora's father is against Alvaro because of his mixed race. She is tortued by her feelings toward her father, homeland, and Don Alvaro.