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[[Don Inago]] sees the machine is working, to his horror, and tries to renege on his loan. Don Figaro orders another machine, but to pay for it, must make Don Iolio and Iolande redundant. I have solved the problem of employees. Little does Don Figaro know! | [[Don Inago]] sees the machine is working, to his horror, and tries to renege on his loan. Don Figaro orders another machine, but to pay for it, must make Don Iolio and Iolande redundant. I have solved the problem of employees. Little does Don Figaro know! | ||
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>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. | 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. | ||