Cherubino

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Cherubino is the impulsive, love-struck pageboy in Mozart’s opera "The Marriage of Figaro," known for embodying adolescent desire and comic confusion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
opera character
pageboy
appearsIn Le nozze di Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro
aria Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio
Voi che sapete che cosa è amor
linked to: Voi che sapete
basedOnAuthor Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
basedOnWork La folle journée, ou Le mariage de Figaro
characterTrait amorous
comic
impulsive
naive
romantic
costumeType male attire worn by female singer
creator Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
dramaticFunction catalyst for jealousy
comic relief
love interest
employer Count Almaviva
linked to: Almaviva
firstPerformanceDate 1786-05-01
firstPerformancePlace Burgtheater, Vienna
gender male
infatuatedWith Barbarina
Susanna
inLoveWith Countess Almaviva
librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte
librettoLanguage Italian
nationalTradition Italian opera
notableTheme class and desire
confusion about love
operaGenre opera buffa
operaLanguage Italian
relationshipToCountAlmaviva Count’s vassal
relationshipToCountess Countess’s page
relationshipToFigaro Figaro’s friend
servesAs page
settingPeriod 18th century
settingPlace Aguas-Frescas, near Seville
singsInAct Act I
Act II
Act III
symbolizes adolescent desire
sexual awakening
youthful confusion
typicalPerformerGender female
vocalType mezzo-soprano
voiceTypeOnStage trouser role
workBy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Maria Ewing rolePerformed Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro
linked to: Cherubino
Aguas-Frescas hasFictionalInhabitants Cherubino
subject linked to: Aguas-Frescas, near Seville
Voi che sapete sungByCharacter Cherubino
Voi che sapete dramaticContext Cherubino reflects on the confusion of young love
linked to: Cherubino
Voi che sapete characterInOpera Cherubino
K. 492 hasCharacter Cherubino