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In a wrenching<ref>''Intended'' to be wrenching, but described as “clanking and discordant, redolent of a fist-fight among ironmonger’s apprentices” by noted critic Ingeborg Von Kleine-Scheidegg.</ref> aria ''Sono Condannato a Essere un Esperto in Materia'' <ref>"I am condemned to be a [[subject matter expert]]"</ref>, Iolande, cast adrift from the firm, drifts aimlessly around the canals of Venice clutching her [[Iron Mountain]] box, tearing out hanks of her hair and pondering whether there is any future to her life at all: ''O, diabolica calamità!''<ref>“O! hellish calamity!”</ref>. | In a wrenching<ref>''Intended'' to be wrenching, but described as “clanking and discordant, redolent of a fist-fight among ironmonger’s apprentices” by noted critic Ingeborg Von Kleine-Scheidegg.</ref> aria ''Sono Condannato a Essere un Esperto in Materia'' <ref>"I am condemned to be a [[subject matter expert]]"</ref>, Iolande, cast adrift from the firm, drifts aimlessly around the canals of Venice clutching her [[Iron Mountain]] box, tearing out hanks of her hair and pondering whether there is any future to her life at all: ''O, diabolica calamità!''<ref>“O! hellish calamity!”</ref>. | ||
At the same time [[Don Iolio]], locked in his father’s operations room, ineffectually rails against the stupidity of his father’s fashionable ideas (his song is ''Il mondo ha una merda per i cervelli''<ref> | At the same time [[Don Iolio]], locked in his father’s operations room, ineffectually rails against the stupidity of his father’s fashionable ideas (his song is ''Il mondo ha una merda per i cervelli''<ref>“The world has ordure for brains.”</ref>). He can only watch as the homunculus, without Iolande to prop it up, starts writing all kinds of contract notes on spices that don’t even exist. It is a disaster and drives [[Don Figaro]] to the brink of ruin. Finally he comes to understand his folly (''O! Consulente di Gestione Scioccca!'' <ref>"Thou foolish management consultant!" </ref> and realising only Iolande can stop this blessed machine and save his family from total ruin, he sends out Don Figaro to find her. | ||
Find her he does, floating face-down in the Canale Grande at San Marco Basilica. | Find her he does, floating face-down in the Canale Grande at San Marco Basilica. | ||