Cherubino is discovered and his earlier escape exposed.
Marcellina drops her claim when she and her former lover Bartolo discover Figaro is their long-lost son. Barbarina smuggles Cherubino back disguised as a girl. At first, the Count falls for the trap, but a remark of Figaro’s makes him suspicious. Susanna and the Countess plan Susanna’s night-time assignation with the Count – with the Countess disguised as Susanna. Marcellina arrives with her claim, and the Count is delighted to have an excuse to stop Figaro’s wedding plans. Figaro tries to explain everything, but his story seems increasingly far-fetched. But Cherubino is seen escaping by Antonio. While he is away, Cherubino escapes, and Susanna takes his place in the dressing room to fool the Count. The Count is suspicious and goes to find an axe with which to break the locked door. The Countess flirts with Cherubino, who locks himself in the dressing room when the Count unexpectedly turns up. In the Countess’s apartment, the Countess, Susanna and Figaro plan a trap for the Count, using Cherubino disguised as a woman. Annoyed, the Count prevaricates about Figaro’s wedding and tells Cherubino he must join the army at once. They stage a scene to praise the Count for giving up the droit du seigneur.
Into the confusion come Figaro and the entire household. The Count angrily bursts out of hiding and discovers Cherubino. Don Basilio gossips about Cherubino’s infatuation with the Countess. The Count hides when Don Basilio arrives to persuade Susanna to give in to the Count. Cherubino comes to see Susanna in a panic, but hides when the Count arrives to solicit a meeting with Susanna that night. Marcellina has a legal claim on Figaro and plots with Doctor Bartolo to prevent Figaro’s wedding. Figaro decides he must foil his master’s attempt to seduce Susanna. Susanna and Figaro prepare their new bedroom. But the Count has just dismissed Cherubino from his service after the page was found with the gardener Antonio’s daughter, Barbarina. Cherubino, the Count’s young page, has a crush on the Countess, who protects him. The Count plans to seduce Susanna in the tradition of the droit de seigneur, whereby an aristocrat could bed any female servant on her wedding night. The Count has his eye on his wife’s maid Susanna, who is about to marry the Count’s manservant, Figaro. Count Almaviva lives with his Countess on their estate near Seville.
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