As the day of figaro and susannas wedding arrives it becomes clear that their master count almaviva is hell bent on seducing susanna before the ceremony can take place susanna and figaro conspire with the forsaken countess to outwit her husband and teach him a lesson in fidelity but when the teenage cherubino involves himself in their plans relationships become severely strained through a series of ever more confusing twists and turns mozarts masterpiece reveals much about the human co