After the ceremony, he notices Fanchette looking upset, and discovers that the cause is her having lost the pin that was used to seal the letter, which the Count had told her to give back to Suzanne. For the rest—a very ordinary man! That work would later also become the basis of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville (1816). The scholar and translator John Wood writes that the play was probably completed in more or less its existing form by 1778. When he mentions a rumour that there is a relationship between the Countess and Chérubin, the Count becomes outraged and stands up, revealing himself. Le nozze di Figaro (K 492) è un'opera lirica in quattro atti di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The young composer was in favour at the court of Emperor Joseph II, but he had stiff competition in established local composers, including Antonio Salieri, Vicente Martín y Soler, and Giovanni Paisiello. Match the sonata, concerto, or opera to its composer. Based on Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais’s 1784 play Le Mariage de Figaro, Mozart’s work remains a favourite in the operatic repertoire. Alas, I might as well have put a stone round my neck! Da Ponte, one of the poets of the imperial court, removed political content and faithfully translated the rest into Italian—the appropriate language for the opera buffa that Mozart intended to compose. Figaro teases the boy, who now must trade his pursuit of women for the “glories” of war (“Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso”). Please select which sections you would like to print: While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Orsini-Rosenberg had favoured another librettist over Da Ponte, and he was not inclined to make the production go smoothly. Ultimately, The Marriage of Figaro is one of the great opera masterpieces and audiences respond to its pranks and pitfalls as well as its well-known arias and sparkling score. Wardle, Irving. The emperor allowed the project to go forward without objection. He also gets Cherubino out of the way by drafting him into his regiment. After a brief confrontation between Marceline and Suzanne, a young pageboy named Chérubin comes to tell Suzanne that he has been dismissed for being caught hiding in the bedroom of the Countess, Fanchette. He succeeds and the lovers are married to end the first part of the trilogy. Omissions? Dr. Bartolo enters with his housekeeper, Marcellina. Later, the wedding is interrupted by Bazile, who had wished to marry Marceline himself; but once he learns that Figaro is her son he is so horrified that he abandons his plans. The Count looks to re-engage the act of primae noctis, in which he would consummate the marriage with the bride-to-be prior to Figaro's honeymoon. Corrections? Soon afterward the Count comes, and the disguised Countess goes off with him. In 1984 BBC Radio 3 broadcast a production of Beaumarchais' play in John Wells's translation;[3] in December 2010 the same station transmitted a new version, adapted and directed by David Timson. What did you think of our Friday Premiere of The Marriage of Figaro? Beaumarchais said that in the original company, there were no boys available who were both the right age and who could understand all the subtleties of the role: most of the character's comic traits come from the view of an adult looking back on puberty with amusement. [9] The author gave his share of the profits to charity. The Count and Basilio rush to her aid and try to get her into the chair where Cherubino is concealed, but she revives and orders them away. Initially the text was approved, with minor changes, by the official censor, but at a private reading before the French court the play so shocked King Louis XVI that he forbade its public presentation. The Marriage of Figaro picks up three years following the end of The Barber of Seville as Figaro is engaged to be married to Suzanne; both characters are among the Count's staff in his dwelling. Her objection confounds Figaro, for the room is conveniently close to the bedrooms of the Count and Countess whom they serve. Winners will be contacted via email/phone. The censors still refused to license the play for public performance, but the king personally authorised its production. Performances of the play were planned in Vienna, but the emperor refused permission to stage the work, allowing only its publication. The Count rules in Marceline's favour, effectively forcing Figaro to marry her, when Marceline suddenly recognizes a birthmark (or scar or tattoo; the text is unclear) in the shape of a spatule (lobster) on Figaro's arm—he is her son, and Dr. Bartholo is his father. The Marriage of Figaro is available to watch on-demand until 4 April 2021 “Le Nozze di Figaro” (The Marriage of Figaro) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is no different, as it centers around a dramatic story of mix-ups and features some of … Figaro leads them in singing the Count’s praises for having abolished the feudal droit du seigneur, the right of the lord of the manor to sleep with his servant’s bride on her wedding night. Figaro: Cesare Siepi Susanna: Hilde Gueden Il Conte Almaviva: Alfred Poell La Contessa: Lisa della Casa Cherubino: Suzanne Danco Bartolo: Fernando Corena Marcellina: Hilde Rössl-Majdan Basilio: Murray Dickie Barbarina: Anny Felbermayer Antonio: Harald Pröglhof Don Curzio: Hugo Meyer-Welfing Vienna State Opera Choir Publisher Info. The Marriage of Figaro traditionally has a run time of close to 3 hours, but Peter has cut it down to about an hour. The Count's fears are settled again once Figaro takes credit to being the jumper, claiming that he started the rumour of the Countess having an affair as a prank and that while he was waiting for Suzanne he became frightened of the Count's wrath, jumping out the window in terror. Unable to break my spirit, they decided to take it out on my body. Suzanne and the Countess have doubts about the effectiveness of the plot; they decide to tell the Count that Suzanne has agreed to his proposal, and then to embarrass him by sending out Chérubin dressed in Suzanne's gown to meet him. [2] The revolutionary leader Georges Danton said that the play "killed off the nobility";[3] in exile, Napoleon Bonaparte called it "the Revolution already put into action. He tells Susanna that he is in love with the Countess, but the Count has caught him with young Barbarina (Susanna’s cousin and daughter of the gardener Antonio). I fudge up a play about the manners of the Seraglio; a Spanish author, I imagined, could attack Mahomet without scruple; but immediately some envoy from goodness-knows-where complains that some of my lines offend the Sublime Porte, Persia, some part or other of the East Indies, the whole of Egypt, the kingdoms of Cyrenaica, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers and Morocco. Susanna returns, and Marcellina jealously spars with her, then leaves in a huff. With Mozart’s masterpiece of a score, the result was a witty yet profound tale of love, betrayal, and forgiveness. He heads for the chair that conceals Cherubino, forcing the boy to jump into the seat. I saw in the distance the approach of the fell sergeant, his quill stuck into his wig. The play premiered at the Norton Clapp Theatre on 24 October 2008. They are aware that Figaro is watching, and Suzanne is upset that her husband would doubt her so much as to think she would ever really be unfaithful to him. Let us know below or by using #OurHouseToYourHouse on social media. Again, not wanting to be found in a bedroom with Suzanne, the Count hides behind the armchair. È la prima delle tre opere buffe scritte dal compositore salisburghese su libretto di Lorenzo Da Ponte.. Beaumarchais was hailed as a hero of the people with the public embarrassment he brought upon Goëzman. Just then the Count comes out and sees what he thinks is his own wife kissing Figaro, and races to stop the scene. Just then Suzanne runs in with enough money to repay Marceline, given to her by the Countess. He disguises himself to ensure that she will love him back for his character, not his wealth. [7] It was accepted for production by the management of the Comédie Française in 1781, after which three years elapsed before it was publicly staged. [9], Under the title of La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro, the play opened at the Théâtre Français on 27 April 1784 and ran for 68 consecutive performances, earning higher box-office receipts than any other French play of the eighteenth century. The opera was performed only nine times during 1786 in Vienna, perhaps because Martín y Soler’s Una cosa rara (also set to a libretto by Da Ponte) came on the scene and essentially pushed the Mozart work aside. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. My cheeks grew hollowed: my time was out. Figaro and the Count exchange a few words, until Suzanne, at the insistence of the Countess, goes to the Count and tells him that she has decided that she will begin an affair with him, and asks he meet her after the wedding. Le nozze di Figaro, zu deutsch Die Hochzeit des Figaro oder Figaros Hochzeit, ist eine Opera buffa in vier Akten von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (KV 492). Encouraged by the opera’s favourable reception, the theatre’s director asked Mozart to write something new specifically for Prague. Figaro enters and tells them that he has set in motion a new plan to distract the Count from his intentions toward Suzanne by starting a false rumour that the Countess is having an affair and that her lover will appear at the wedding; this, he hopes, will motivate the Count to let the wedding go ahead. The Count is forced to agree, but he privately vows to help Marcellina marry Figaro instead. The Countess has actually promised to appear at the assignation in Suzanne's place. Whereas I, lost among the obscure crowd, have had to deploy more knowledge, more calculation and skill merely to survive than has sufficed to rule all the provinces of Spain for a century! Suzanne has just broken the news of the Count's action to the Countess, who is distraught. Bazile stands in the doorway and begins to tell Suzanne all the latest gossip. Updates? Bartolo leaves to put his scheme into effect. [17], Beaumarchais wrote detailed notes on the characters, printed in the first published text of the play, issued in 1785. Fanchette is around twelve years old. Chérubin hides, half dressed, in the adjoining dressing room while the Count grows increasingly suspicious, especially after having just heard Figaro's rumour of the Countess's affair. In 1927 Constantin Stanislavski staged the work at the Moscow Art Theatre;[13][n 1] in 1974 the British National Theatre company presented a version by John Wells, directed by Jonathan Miller. Figaro agrees that he was being stupid, and they are quickly reconciled. “Oh, yes, that was tricky. Figaro had once promised to marry her, and Bartolo promises her that he will find a way to hold Figaro to his promise. I throw myself full-force into the theatre. In 1782, as Mozart was making his way as a composer in Vienna, Count Orsini-Rosenberg, director of the Burgtheater (the imperial theatre), invited him to write an opera buffa. Behold my comedy scuppered to please a set of Mohammedan princes—not one of whom I believe can read—who habitually beat a tattoo on our shoulders to the tune of "Down with the Christian dogs!" Look it up now! [12], In the twentieth century the play continued to be staged in translation by foreign companies. The house in Vienna where Mozart and his family lived during 1784–87; known as Figarohaus, it is where he composed his opera. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. In 1799, another opera based on the same play, La pazza giornata, ovvero Il matrimonio di Figaro, was produced in Venice with libretto by Gaetano Rossi and music by Marcos Portugal. Susanna, the countess’s maid and Figaro’s betrothed (soprano), Marcellina, Bartolo’s housekeeper (mezzo-soprano), Villagers, peasants, servants, wedding guests. The Countess and Suzanne then enter, each dressed in the other's clothes. The Marriage of Figaro made a more durable impression in its next performances, in Prague later in 1786. [11] In 1960 a Comédie Française production was filmed, under the direction of Jean Mayer, with Jean Piat as Figaro. (Joseph had heard from his sister Marie Antoinette about the troubles the play had caused in Paris.) Das italienische Libretto stammt von Lorenzo Da Ponte und basiert auf der Komödie La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro (Der tolle Tag oder Die Hochzeit des Figaro) von Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais aus dem Jahr 1778. [18] Chérubin is traditionally played as a trouser role by a woman. As thanks, the Countess kisses Chérubin on the forehead. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Fanchette suddenly admits that she and the Count have been having an affair, and that, since he has promised he will give her anything she desires, he must not punish Chérubin but give him to her as a husband. What have you done to deserve such advantages? But his wooing is interrupted by the arrival of Don Basilio, and the Count seeks a hiding place. Basilio naturally concludes that the Count and Susanna are in a relationship. It's the return of live opera for Opera in the Heights but rather than it playing out in the cozy confines of Lambert Hall, it will be on the lawn at White … The Count accuses Susanna of dallying with the boy. Encores became so numerous that after the work’s third performance the emperor declared that, to keep the evening to a reasonable length, only numbers written for a single voice could be repeated in any opera. The Countess lends Suzanne a pin from her dress to seal the letter, but as she does so, the ribbon from Chérubin falls out of the top of her dress. As she leaves, Suzanne falls to her knees, and agrees to go through with the plan to trick the Count. "[4], Thanks to the great popularity of its predecessor, The Marriage of Figaro opened to enormous success; it was said to have grossed 100,000 francs in the first twenty showings,[5] and the theatre was so packed that three people were reportedly crushed to death in the opening-night crowd.[6]. The Count is glad to hear that Suzanne has seemingly decided to go along with his advances, but his mood sours again once he hears her talking to Figaro and saying it was only done so they might win the case. The scene is the Countess's bedroom. Antonio and the Count enter—Antonio knows Chérubin is disguised because they dressed him at his daughter's (Fanchette's) house. [...], I'd tell him that stupidities acquire importance only in so far as their circulation is restricted, that unless there is liberty to criticize, praise has no value, and that only trivial minds are apprehensive of trivial scribbling. Put yourself to the trouble of being born—nothing more. The Count is able to persuade them to hold it back a few more hours, giving himself more time to enact his plans. This is all too much for Susanna, who begins to faint. Suzanne reveals to Figaro her suspicion that the Count gave them this particular room because it is so close to his own, and that the Count has been pressing her to begin an affair with him. At this point, all the people who had been instructed to come on Figaro's orders arrive, and the real Countess reveals herself. She does not like their new bedroom. Then Dr. Bartholo and Marceline pass through, discussing a lawsuit they are to file against Figaro, who owes Marceline a good deal of money and has promised to marry her if he fails to repay the sum; his marriage to Suzanne will potentially void the contract. When the Count enters, he propositions Suzanne (who continues to refuse to sleep with him). A), [K622] Bob Fisher 1791 Vienna Allegro That work would be the opera Don Giovanni. Figaro nearly faints at the news, believing Suzanne's secret communication means that she has been unfaithful and, restraining tears, he announces to Marceline that he is going to seek vengeance on both the Count and Suzanne. Marceline and Bartholo are persuaded to marry in order to correct this problem. The Countess rings for her, and Susanna leaves. After all other loose ends are tied up, the cast breaks into song before the curtain falls. [24], Stanislavsky relocated the action in pre-Revolutionary France and trimmed its five-act structure to eleven scenes, employing a. Figaro is thrilled to have rediscovered his parents, but Suzanne's uncle, Antonio, insists that Suzanne cannot marry Figaro now, because he is illegitimate. Cherubino cannot contain his romantic desires (“Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio”). Figaro and Suzanne talk before the wedding, and Figaro tells Suzanne that if the Count still thinks she is going to meet him in the garden later, she should just let him stand there waiting all night. Bartolo would love to take revenge on Figaro for having earlier foiled his plan to marry Rosina (now the Countess). The worlds of fashion, beauty and interior design are the fundamental content of the magazine. He leaves to get tools to break open the dressing room door, giving Chérubin enough time to escape through the window and Suzanne time to take his place in the dressing room; when the Count opens the door, it appears that Suzanne was inside there all along. Yet, the journalist added, the opera “contains so many beauties, and such a richness of thought as can proceed only from the born genius.”. Later, Figaro witnesses the Count opening the letter from Suzanne, but thinks nothing of it. a "screwball comedy" in Three Acts by William James Royce. In the first play, The Barber, the story begins with a simple love triangle in which a Spanish count has fallen in love with a girl called Rosine. [19], The ridiculous character of Don Guzman was a jab at a judge, Louis Valentin Goëzman, whom Beaumarchais had—in vain—tried to bribe once, offering jewels to his wife and money to his secretary. Late in the summer, one local reviewer remarked upon “the unruly mob in the gallery” that was still determined to disrupt the performances with noise. @Chorister9: 'Currently watching The Marriage of Figaro, first class music, humour, costumes, etc' @LisvlTravels: 'How glorious is this?' The Count runs into an ex-servant of his (now a barber), Figaro, and pressures him into setting up a meeting between the Count and Rosine. When the jealous Count hears Basilio gossip about Cherubino and the Countess, he reveals himself. [9], The play was translated into English by Thomas Holcroft,[3] and under the title of The Follies of a Day – Or The Marriage of Figaro it was produced at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London in late 1784 and early 1785. The play begins in a room in the Count's castle—the bedroom to be shared by Figaro and Suzanne after their wedding, which is set to occur later that day. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Figaro then enters with the Countess, who is still oblivious to her husband's plans. The conversation is interrupted by the entrance of the Count, and since Suzanne and Chérubin do not want to be caught alone in a bedroom together, Chérubin hides behind an armchair. The Count is afraid that Chérubin will reveal the earlier conversation in which he was propositioning Suzanne, and so decides to send him away at once as a soldier. Recalling how he found the page hiding under a tablecloth in Barbarina’s room, he lifts the cloth that conceals Cherubino. At this, the Count storms off in outrage. Competition closes Saturday 20th March 2021 at 6pm AEST. Ring in the new year with a Britannica Membership, https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Marriage-of-Figaro-opera-by-Mozart, Naxos AudioBooks - The Marriage of Figaro. The Count justifies his firing Chérubin to Bazile and the horrified Suzanne (now worried that Bazile will believe that she and the Count are having an affair). The Marriage of Figaro, comic opera in four acts by Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte), which premiered in Vienna at the Burgtheater on May 1, 1786. “Oh, yes, that was tricky. Suzanne promises, but the Countess grows upset when she hears this news, thinking that Suzanne is in the Count's pocket and is wishing she had kept their rendezvous a secret. [10] In France the play has held its place in the repertory, and leading companies have played it in the original language to audiences in Europe and America. Together they write a note to him entitled "A New Song on the Breeze" (a reference to the Countess's old habit of communicating with the Count through sheet music dropped from her window), which tells him that she will meet him under the chestnut trees. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. When Susanna expresses sympathy for the boy, the Count tells her that Cherubino has been caught with a woman before. In the castle gardens beneath a grove of chestnut trees, Figaro has called together a group of men and instructs them to call together everyone they can find: he intends to have them all walk in on the Count and Suzanne in flagrante delicto, humiliating the pair and also ensuring ease of obtaining a divorce. The Count falls to his knees and begs her for forgiveness, which she grants. Cherubino hides behind a chair when the Count arrives to beg Susanna for a tryst before he goes to London with Figaro on diplomatic business. Their argument is interrupted by the arrival of Figaro and a group of peasants. But Susanna warns Figaro that it is all too convenient and close for the Count, who is plotting with her music master, Don Basilio, to seduce her. Bartholo relishes the news that Rosine is unhappy in her marriage, and they discuss the expectation that the Count will take Figaro's side in the lawsuit if Suzanne should submit to his advances. (As it turned out, this edict may not have been enforced. Mozart was hoping for greater fame and financial security, and in his choice of material he was influenced by the unprecedented success in Vienna of Paisiello’s Il barbiere di Siviglia (1783), which was based on Beaumarchais’s earlier play Le Barbier de Séville (1775; The Barber of Seville). Figaro definition at Dictionary.com, a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms and translation. Count Almaviva’s castle, in an empty room where Figaro and Susanna will live after their marriage. Just when it seems he calms down, the gardener Antonio runs in screaming that a half-dressed man just jumped from the Countess's window. Based on Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais’s 1784 play Le Mariage de Figaro… A troupe of wedding guests enters with him, intending to begin the wedding ceremony immediately. The teenaged page Cherubino comes in. The Count re-enacts finding Chérubin behind the door in Fanchette's room by lifting the dress covering Chérubin, accidentally uncovering Chérubin's hiding spot for the second time. [18] The author prescribed that Figaro must be played without any suggestion of caricature; the Count with great dignity yet with grace and affability; the Countess with restrained tenderness; Suzanne as intelligent and lively but without brazen gaiety; Chérubin as a charming young scamp, diffident only in the presence of the Countess. The Marriage of Figaro (French: La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro ("The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro")) is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais.This play is the second in the Figaro trilogy, preceded by The Barber of Seville and followed by The Guilty Mother.. How proud they make a man feel! Chérubin is forced to throw himself on top of the armchair so the Count will not find him, and Suzanne covers him with a dress so Bazile cannot see him. Beaumarchais’s sequel had been translated into German. [20][n 2]. [16], Beaumarchais' comedy was adapted into One Mad Day! The Marriage of Figaro is set in Count Almaviva’s castle near Seville (now Sevilla), Spain, in the late 18th century. At that moment, Fanchette enters with Chérubin disguised as a girl, a shepherdess, and girls from the town to give the Countess flowers. Betsy Schwarm is a music historian based in Colorado. This play is the second in the Figaro trilogy, preceded by The Barber of Seville and followed by The Guilty Mother.[1]. Court is then held, and after a few minor cases, Figaro's trial occurs. "A comedy which does not dance", La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro, Tromb-al-ca-zar, ou Les criminels dramatiques, Le barbier de Séville ou La précaution inutile, La folle journée, ou Le mariage de Figaro, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Marriage_of_Figaro_(play)&oldid=989974998, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Articles with French-language sources (fr), Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 November 2020, at 02:16. Details: Show: The Marriage of Figgaro Pocket-Size Opera They are then interrupted by Bazile's entrance. The Marriage of Figaro (French: La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro ("The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro")) is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais. Concerto for Clarinet in Bb ( Orig. The Countess admits to hiding Chérubin in her room earlier and the Count is about to punish him. Susanna hastily covers him with a cloth. [8] Beaumarchais revised the text, moving the action from France to Spain, and after further scrutiny by the censor the piece was played to an audience including members of the Royal Family in September 1783. Just because you are a great nobleman, you think you are a great genius—Nobility, fortune, rank, position! One of the defining moments of the play—and Louis XVI's particular objection to the piece—is Figaro's long monologue in the fifth act, directly challenging the Count: No, my lord Count, you shan't have her... you shall not have her! In the aftermath of these events Beaumarchais was stripped of his civil rights in 1773. The Marriage was written as a sequel to The Barber. ), Partisans of Mozart’s rivals did their best to spoil the early performances. Just then Marceline, Bartholo and the judge Brid'oison come to inform Figaro that his trial is starting. After a tirade against the aristocracy and the unhappy state of his life, Figaro hides nearby. The Marriage of Figaro, Italian Le nozze di Figaro, comic opera in four acts by Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte), which premiered in Vienna at the Burgtheater on May 1, 1786. Cette politique de confidentialité s'applique aux informations que nous collectons à votre sujet sur FILMube.com (le «Site Web») et les applications FILMube et comment nous utilisons ces informations. They stop Chérubin from leaving and begin to dress him, but just when Suzanne steps out of the room, the Count comes in. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. The Count vows to make Cherubino leave the castle. But this is all foiled when Rosine's guardian, Doctor Bartholo, who wants her hand in marriage, confines her to the house. The play's denunciation of aristocratic privilege has been characterised as foreshadowing the French Revolution. At the time, the age of consent throughout most of Europe was around that same age; hence, the revelation that she and the adult Count are sleeping together was not meant to be quite as shocking as it is often perceived these days. One of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's most well-known pieces, "The Marriage of Figaro," is performed here by an unknown symphonic orchestra. The play is set at the castle of Aguas Frescas, three leagues from Seville.[23]. Obviously in theatre there are always big parts and small parts, but I always try to make sure that everybody got a fair crack. The Marriage of Figaro was in some ways an instant success. In his preface to the play, Beaumarchais says that Louis François, Prince of Conti had requested it. Beaumarchais gained public acclaim for directly challenging the judge in a series of pamphlets collectively published as Mémoires dans l'affaire Goëzman. In January 1787 Mozart and an entourage including his family traveled to Prague by invitation to attend the opera and spend time with local music lovers and patrons; he conducted at least one performance himself. Figaro at once goes to work trying to find a solution to this problem. The play formed the basis for an opera with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte and music by Mozart, also called The Marriage of Figaro (1786). [...] Figaro is outraged, and goes to the woman he thinks is the Countess to complain; he realises that he is talking to his own wife Suzanne, who scolds him for his lack of confidence in her. To get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox broken the news of way. 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