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Cosi Fan Tutte Monologue Essay

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Reporter’s Name: Michael
Guest’s Name: Lewis
This is a tv show, tonight’s episode is guest starring Lewis from Cosi Fan Tutte.
Michael: Good evening and welcome to the ‘The today Show’ and thank you for joining us tonight Melbourne! Tonight we have a very special guest, he has just come from directing his play ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ which has been a huge success, can we all give a round of applause for Lewis!!
Lewis walks on stage, thanking everyone in the room that are clapping, he takes a seat opposite to Michael.
Lewis: Thank you Michael, appreciate you having me here today!
Michael: My pleasure Lewis, now before I get into the more serious questions, can you just give our audience a brief summary into what Cosi Fan Tutte is.
Lewis: Of course, Cosi Fan Tutte is an opera and is set in the city of Naples, Italy where two fellows named Guglielmo and Ferrando are in a coffee shop and they are wanting to test their girl’s fidelity. They met this old fellow named Don Alfonso who told them this plan and it was to pretend to fight in the war. Instead of actually going to war, they disguise themselves as Albanians and ‘woo’ the girls. But there is a bit of a twist when the girls meet them, Guglielmo’s girlfriend falls for …show more content…
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