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Forma ideal purissima
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.
Range: Tessitura:
F3 - A#/Bb4F3 - F4
Translations/Aria Texts:
Libretto entered by Stephen Parker (added 1998-03-23)
Forma ideal purissima, Faust's aria from Mefistofele

Forma ideal purissima 
Della bellezza eterna! 
Un uom ti si prosterna 
Innamorato al suolo. 
Volgi vêr me, 
Di tua pupilla bruna, 
Vaga come la luna, 
Ardente come il sole. 
Un uom ti si prosterna, 
Innamorato, innamorato al suol.
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