He fumbles and the noise captures the Count's attention. Before the costume is complete the Count approaches and Cherubino is tossed into hiding. Figaro departs and in preparation, Susanna tries to dress Cherubino in a gown, but he foolishly flirts with the Countess. The Countess, innocent and hiding close by, will be able to intercede.
When the Count attempts to seduce her, he will find that the woman is really Cherubino. He will receive an anonymous letter accusing the Countess of infidelity and an enticing invitation from Susanna to meet in the garden concealed by night. With the addition of Cherubino, who pops in to sing a love song, the foursome construct a plan in which the Count will be embarrassed into changing his ways. Susanna and Figaro come into her quarters to help devise a plan to bring more respectable behavior from their unruly master. He sends him into his regiment instead, the act closing with a sardonic Figaro congratulating Cherubino on his forthcoming career in the military.Ĭountess Almaviva is in solitude as she laments the loss of love in her marriage.
This eases his near-exploding temper just enough to keep him from wringing Cherubino's neck. Figaro then returns with a round of peasants praising the Count. While denouncing the harmless flirt the Count discovers him concealed behind a chair. Hearing this, the Count becomes infuriated, reveals himself, and recounts the page's recent escapades with Barbarina, his gardener's daughter. Don Basilio has come to gossip and criticize Cherubino for his bold admiration for the Countess. Don Basilio, the music master, interrupts soon after, and the Count then hides. The page barely has a moment to conceal himself, as Count Almaviva arrives to allure Susanna.
He is woefully in love with the Countess and wishes to be her private servant. Quick on Susanna's heels is the page, Cherubino, who is oozing with "amore" and desperately trying to enlist her aid. Susanna returns as Bartolo departs with time enough to quarrel with Marcellina. Marcellina feels that Figaro must marry her to settle a debt. Marcellina, a woman old enough to be his mother and obsessed enough to warrant a restraining order, enters with Don Bartolo, planning to collapse Figaro's nuptials. Not long after Figaro finishes one set of worries two more set upon him. Though Susanna is secure in her love for Figaro, and seemingly immune to the Count's repeated advances, Figaro ponders the situation with trepidation. On the eve of their wedding Figaro, valet to Count Almaviva, and Susanna, his sweetheart and maid to the Countess, assess the accommodations granted to them by their employers. Setting: The grand estate of Count Almaviva, just outside Seville.
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