Voi Che Sapete 1784
118 BPM - A# Major
#Opera
Songwriters: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (music); Lorenzo Da Ponte (Italian libretto)
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“Voi che sapete” is the Act II canzonetta sung by Cherubino—the lovestruck page (a mezzo-soprano trouser role). Addressing the women present, he asks those “who know what love is” to tell him if what he feels is love, capturing adolescent confusion with an elegant, lilting melody. In the standard numbering it is No. 11 of the opera’s musical numbers and remains among Mozart’s most performed arias.