Leonora arrives swearing to avenge Riccardo's desertion and she sings of the love which she had and a hope of recovering those innocent days ("Sotto il paterno tetto...Oh potessi nel mio core"- "Beneath my father's roof an angel appeared to me").
Она поёт о своей обманутой любви и невинных днях, отнятых у неё ("Sotto il paterno tetto…Oh potessi nel mio core"- Под крышей отцовского дома мне явился ангел любви и красоты").