An aria for soprano from my in-development Ada Lovelace opera, libretto by Neil Aitken. After the birth of her third child, Ada is excited to return to her work in mathematics with Charles Babbage as they attempt to build the first computing machine. But she quickly realizes that her husband expects something different - in his mind, this is the turning point at which she will settle down to become a more traditional society wife, putting her focus entirely on family and away from her passion for scientific work. Ada sings about this conflict, about being torn between what she loves and that which society and her husband imagine for her.
