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Sung by Barbarina. Voice Part: soprano   Fach: soubrette
Synopsis: Barbarina is worried because she has lost the pin that Susanna was sending the Count.
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| Tessitura: | | F4 - F5 | G#/Ab4 - G5 |
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Sung by Cherubino. Voice Part: mezzo-soprano   Fach: lyric mezzo
Synopsis: After being dismissed from his position as the Count's page for being discovered alone with the gardener's daughter, Cherubino tells Susanna that, suddenly, every woman excites him to no end.
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| Tessitura: | | D#/Eb4 - G5 | F4 - G5 |
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Sung by Cherubino. Voice Part: mezzo-soprano   Fach: lyric mezzo
Synopsis: After Cherubino arrives in his new military uniform, he sings a plea to women to see how much love he has to give.
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| Tessitura: | | C4 - F5 | F4 - F5 |
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Sung by Count Almaviva. Voice Part: baritone   Fach: lyric baritone
Synopsis: Count Almaviva believes Susanna will be meeting him in his gardens on the night of her marriage to Figaro, which he also may be able to prevent through legal means. He overhears the two lovers talking confidently about defeating the Count's legal challenge and becomes incensed.
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| Tessitura: | | A2 - F#/Gb4 | C3 - D4 |
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Sung by Doctor Bartolo. Voice Part: bass   Fach: lyric bass
Synopsis: Dr. Bartolo does not like Figaro because he prevented him from marrying the current Countess of Almaviva, who was Dr. Bartolo's ward at the time. He describes the sweetness of revenge that he will achieve.
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| Tessitura: | | G#/Ab2 - E4 | D3 - D4 |
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Sung by Don Basilio. Voice Part: tenor   Fach: buffo tenor
Synopsis: Figaro has just discovered that Susanna and the Count have planned to meet. The Countess is planning to dress up as Susanna but Figaro does not know this and therefore is angry. He tells Bartolo and Don Basilio about Susanna's infidelity and, after he leaves, Basilio comments that such behavior is typical for the young.
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| Tessitura: | | D#/Eb4 - G5 | F4 - F5 |
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Sung by Figaro. Voice Part: bass-baritone   Fach: bass-baritone
Synopsis: After the Count orders Cherubino to leave and join the Seville regiment for his romantic indiscretions, Figaro tells Cherubino that he must give up his easy life and his women and become a soldier.
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| Tessitura: | | C3 - E4 | C3 - E4 |
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Sung by Figaro. Voice Part: bass-baritone   Fach: bass-baritone
Synopsis: Angry at the Count for reclaiming the right to sleep with his servant on the night of her marriage in order to sleep with Susanna, Figaro decides that he will pretend that he is obedient to the Count's wishes while, in reality, he is planning to work against the Count.
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| Tessitura: | | C3 - F4 | C3 - E4 |
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Sung by Figaro. Voice Part: bass-baritone   Fach: bass-baritone
Synopsis: After reading a note from Susanna to the Count, Figaro (falsely) assumes that Susanna is cheating on him. Angry, he declares that all women are roses with deadly thorns.
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| Tessitura: | | D#/Eb3 - D#/Eb4 | A#/Bb3 - D#/Eb4 |
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Sung by Marcellina. Voice Part: mezzo-soprano   Fach: lyric mezzo
Synopsis: Marcellina wonders aloud why birds and animals can love in peace, but a man always betrays his woman.
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| Tessitura: | | F4 - A5 | G4 - G5 |
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Sung by Susanna. Voice Part: soprano   Fach: soubrette
Synopsis: In order to tease Figaro, who thinks Susanna is cheating on him with the Count, Susanna urges the Count to come quickly to her.
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| Tessitura: | | not entered | D4 - F5 |
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Sung by Susanna. Voice Part: soprano   Fach: soubrette
Synopsis: Susanna sings this aria as she attempts to dress Cherubino up as a woman. Her task is made more difficult though because he continually tries to squirm away and flirt with the Countess.
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| Tessitura: | | D4 - G5 | G4 - G5 |
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Sung by The Countess Almaviva. Voice Part: soprano   Fach: lyric soprano
Synopsis: The Countess describes her wish that her marriage was still as happy as it once was.
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| Tessitura: | | D4 - A5 | G4 - G5 |
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Sung by The Countess Almaviva. Voice Part: soprano   Fach: lyric soprano
Synopsis: The Countess laments that the Count has lost his love for her.
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| Tessitura: | | D4 - G#/Ab5 | G4 - G5 |
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