from Act II of the German opera
Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Christoph Friedrich Bretzner
Role: Pedrillo, Blondchen's lover, now custodian of the Pasha's gardens
Voice Part: tenor Fach: lyric tenor|buffo tenor
Setting: the gardens of Pasha Selim's country house
Synopsis: Pedrillo realizes that the only way that they will all get free of the Pasha is if he himself becomes bold. With this aria, he declares that he shall not be cowardly but, rather, shall be daring