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Voi avete un cor fedele K. 217
This florid concert aria is most likely an insertion in the comic opera Le nozze di Dorinda by Baldassare Galuppi, and was written in Salzburg in October 1775. The text is largely based on Carlo Goldoni's work of the same name. This aria is indicated as being sung by Dorinda, and is written for a lyric soprano with coloratura ability. The text opens, “You have a faithful heart, like an impassioned lover,” but the rest of the aria challenges the fidelity of her declared husband, concluding with the statement that she is not ready yet to trust him. The character seems to have much in common with many of the somewhat disillusioned female parts in Mozart's other operas, such as Despina (the cynical maid in Così fan tutte) and Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro.
Mozart: Voi avete un cor fedele K. 217
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