from Act I, Scene III of the Italian opera
Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Role: Guglielmo, a soldier in love with Fiordiligi
Voice Part: baritone Fach: lyric baritone
Setting: the living room of Dorabella and Fiordiligi
Synopsis: After Fiordiligi basically asks the soldiers disguised as Albanians to leave, Guglielmo sings this aria describing their many virtues, including their big muscles and their large moustaches.