Act I: A prison near Seville, Spain, eighteenth century. In the warden Rocco's quarters, his daughter, Marzelline, is busy ironing. Jacquino, her father's assistant, presses her on the subject of marriage. Marzelline gives evasive replies, since she has recently become infatuated with Fidelio, a young man her father has hired. After Rocco calls Jacquino away, Marzelline muses to herself that she feels sorry for Jacquino but can think only of Fidelio.

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Marzelline dreams of Fidelio.

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Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio, ©1950 Kirsten Flagstad, Julius Patzak, Josef Greindl, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Paul Schöffler Chor der Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Philharmoniker Wilhelm Furtwängler CHS 764901 2 (2CD)
Marzelline:
O wär' ich schon mit dir vereint, Und dürfte Mann dich nennen! Ein Mädchen darf ja, was es meint, Zur Hälfte nur bekennen.	O, if I were already united with you, And could call you my husband! What a young girl means to say, She can only confess half of it.