from Act I of the Italian opera
Il Rè Pastore by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
Role: Tamyris, princess disguised as a shepherdess, in love with Agenor
Voice Part: soprano Fach: lyric coloratura|soubrette
Setting: the countryside of Sidon
Synopsis: Tamyris sings that she had been troubled and tormented by life but these troubles have suddenly passed now that she has found her beloved one again.