Dove Sono, Le Nozze di Figaro

Figaro loves Susana. Susana loves Figaro. Susana and Figaro are servants in the Count’s castle.

Countess loves Count. Count loves Countess, but he also loves his ‘privileges’ as Count to woo young women of the court—especially Susana.

Susana is not interested. Countess is jealous.

Susana and Countess plot to exchange clothes/identities under the cover of night and fool the Count into thinking he has had success in his quest for Susana. The idea is to both catch him in the act and remind him of his true feelings.

Dove Sono is the recitative and aria in anticipation of the exchange of clothes. (Secondary and tertiary plots abound but are not important for explaining the aria.)

To find out whether it works, come to 67 Newbury Street on Saturday, April 9th at 7pm with $5.