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[[File:Robin.jpeg|300px|thumb|[[Don Iolio Contrario]] in a detail from [[Birgit von Sachsen-Rampton]]’s portrait]] | [[File:Robin.jpeg|300px|thumb|[[Don Iolio Contrario]] in a detail from [[Birgit von Sachsen-Rampton]]’s portrait]] | ||
In [[Otto Büchstein]]’s obscure tragicomic opera ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza]]''<ref>''[[The Victory of Substance over Form]]''</ref>, | In [[Otto Büchstein]]’s obscure tragicomic opera ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza]]''<ref>''[[The Victory of Substance over Form]]''</ref>, | ||
===Synopsis=== | |||
Argumentative young Venetian fellow-about-town [[Don Iolio Contrario]] is employed as an operations manager by his father [[Don Figaro Contrario]] in his struggling spice brokerage. | |||
Being obsessed with cost control and anxious to be seen as a great financial innovator, [[Don Figaro]] has invested in a “homunculus”, a steam-powered computation machine which will take over the role of the brokers at a fraction of the cost, and with far greater speed and accuracy. But, [[Don Iolio]] says, surely you know, spice broking is a complex business, and no mechanical contraption could possibly replace the skill judgment of an experienced broker? The machine will be hopeless, and a far greater burden on his operation than any benefit it could possibly bring: “''Quella macchina parlante ottusa!''” <ref>“That dim-witted chatbot!”</ref> | Being obsessed with cost control and anxious to be seen as a great financial innovator, [[Don Figaro]] has invested in a “homunculus”, a steam-powered computation machine which will take over the role of the brokers at a fraction of the cost, and with far greater speed and accuracy. But, [[Don Iolio]] says, surely you know, spice broking is a complex business, and no mechanical contraption could possibly replace the skill judgment of an experienced broker? The machine will be hopeless, and a far greater burden on his operation than any benefit it could possibly bring: “''Quella macchina parlante ottusa!''” <ref>“That dim-witted chatbot!”</ref> | ||