Almaviva is a character in Beaumarchais' Mariage de Figaro, representative of one of the old noblesse of France, recalling all their manners and vices, who is duped by his valet Figaro, a personification of wit, talent, and intrigue. Beaumarchais Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (January 24, 1732 - May 18, 1799) was, among other accomplishments, a writer and librettist. ... Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans: ), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, Le mariage de Figaro (1784). ...
Figaro suggests Almaviva disguise himself as a drunken soldier billeted to Bartolo's house.
Warning Rosina that Bartolo plans to marry her himself the very next day, the barber promises to deliver a note she has written to "Lindoro." Rosina, alone with Bartolo, undergoes an interrogation, then listens to his boast that he is far too clever to be tricked.
At first the girl rebuffs "Lindoro," but when he explains that he and Almaviva are one and the same, she falls into his arms.
The Count Almaviva has given this room to Figaro because it lies between, and has equal access from, the bed chamber of both Almaviva and the Countess.
As the chorus exits, Almaviva, angry that Cherubino has heard the whole of his amorous conversation with Susanna, and possibly his prior conversation with Barbarina, drafts him as Captain and orders him to depart at once to his new regiment.
Almaviva is chastened for his suspicions and begs forgiveness.
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