Thomas Oliemans about Don Alfonso in Così Fan Tutte

Bariton Thomas Oliemans makes his roledebut as Don Alfonso in Così Fan Tutte at Dutch National Opera. Who is Don Alfonso and how did Mozart shape this character? Find out in this video.
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English translation of the libretto:
Aria at the beginning:

"O cruel fate!

I would speak, but my courage fails,
My lips stammer.
I cannot say the words,
Which stay locked inside me.

What will you do? What shall I?
O dire misfortune!
It could not be worse.
I grieve for you and for them!"

Aria at the end:

"I'm not a bad actor! Now then;
The two champions
Of Venus and Mars
Await me at the appointed place;
I must join them without delay.
What grimaces, what affectations!
All the better for me,
They'll fall more easily;
People of that kind are the first
To change their minds. Poor fools,
To wager a hundred sequins on a woman!
"He who builds his hopes
On a woman's heart
Ploughs the sea
And sows on sand
And hopes to snare
The wild wind in a net".

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