La finta semplice characters Fracasso
Act 2
Polidoro naively believes Rosina is planning to marry him. Rosina coaches him for a confrontation with his brother Cassandro. Polidoro demands half of his inheritance from Cassandro. Giacinta fears a quarrel between the brothers, but the others look forward to their fight. Rosina and Fracasso congratulate each other for their successful plan to outwit Cassandro. They continue to engineer the rest of the plot. Simone takes Giacinta into hiding. Fracasso tells the brothers that Giacinta has fled, absconding with the family money. The plan is so successful that Ninetta disappears as well. Simone announces that Ninetta has also fled, taking along whatever she could get. The brothers agree that whoever can bring the two girls  back should be allowed to marry them, even keeping whatever loot can be found. Fracasso and Simone volunteer to go on the search.1 Coro: No. 1
1 Duetto: No. 19, between Cassandro and Fracasso
3 Ensembles as "Finales" of each act: No. 11, No. 21, No. 26
21 arias, distributed as follows:
Cassandro, 3 arias – No. 4, No. 8, No. 16
Polidoro, 2 arias – No. 7, No. 17
Giacinta, 3 arias – No. 3, No. 14, No. 24
Ninetta, 3 arias – No. 10, No. 12, No. 23
Fracasso, 3 arias – No. 5, No. 20, No. 25
Simone, 3 arias – No. 2, No. 13, No. 22
Rosina, 4 arias – No. 6, No. 9, No. 15, No. 18
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