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In [[Puttanesca Rigatoni]]'s exquisite | In [[Puttanesca Rigatoni]]'s exquisite tragicomic opera ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza]]''<ref>''[[The Victory of Substance over Form]]''<>, argumentative Venetian merchant [[Don Iolio Contrario]] is employed as an operations manager in his father [[Don Figaro Contrario]]'s struggling spice brokerage, where he meets, falls in love with an enchanting and gifted young brokeress [[Iolande Impulsivia]] . His father is obsessed with cost control, and has invested in a homunculus, a steam-powered computation machine which will take over the role of the brokers. | ||
Don Figaro, a vain and stupid man who cares mainly about his legacy and reputation, is anxious to be seen as a great financial innovator. He is exasperated at his son for his errant, romantic, impractical ways. | Don Figaro, a vain and stupid man who cares mainly about his legacy and reputation, is anxious to be seen as a great financial innovator. He is exasperated at his son for his errant, romantic, impractical ways. | ||
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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 shit for brains</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 shit for brains</ref>). | ||
Meantime the machine, without Iolande to prop it up, is a disaster and drives Don Figaro to the brink of ruin. Finally he comes to understand his folly (''O! Consulente di Gestione Scioccca!'' < | Meantime the machine, without Iolande to prop it up, 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>"You foolish management consultant!" </ref> and sends out Don Figaro to find her, but she is floating face down in the canal at St Mark's Square. | ||
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*[[Substance and form]] | *[[Substance and form]] | ||
*[[Don Iolio Contrario]] | |||
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