The Marriage of Figaro

ACT I,  Scene 2; CAVATINA

Se vuol ballare, signor contino, il chitarrino le suonerò, sì, se vuol venire nella mia scuola, la capriola le insegnerò, sì.

If you would dance, my pretty Count, I'll play the little guitar for you, yes. If you will come to my dancing school I'll teach you the capriole, yes.

Figaro who just learned the Count's interest to Susanna, stars his aria with these words.It is a lift head to Count's immorality and Figaro sarcastically challange to powerful nobility for his love.When he says "If you would dance, my pretty Count, I'll play the little guitar for you, yes" he wanted to emphasize that Count Almaviva has no right to behave in an immoral way just because of he has power.Under the way of French Revolution, people began to give value their own ethics, ideas and believe system.The enlightenment idea gave people who belongs to substratum opportunity to advocate their ideas as individuals who have the ability of thinking as much as people from upper classes.