In my youth, while courting a young lady of plenty, we went to see a classic opera, The Marriage of Figaro. Composed in 1785 by Wolfgang Amadeus, it was playing in West Palm Beach. It tells how the servants Figaro and Susanna succeed in getting married, which foiled the efforts of their philandering employer, Count Almaviva, who had tried to seduce Susanna. They taught him a lesson in fidelity.
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