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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ