18:05 this is totaly wrong. Guglielmo doesn't say he wish to drink a poison on the contrary he says: "May THEY drink a poison" refering to Dorabella and Fiordiligi "they are foxes without honor"... The passionate love phrases and the lies are a semplicistic way to describe this quartetto vocale, it is actually more complesx than this... But the rest of your comment is very interesting.
These Nick Reveles opera talks are brilliant! Not since Leonard Bernstein has anyone made music more interesting and comprehensible.
18:05 this is totaly wrong. Guglielmo doesn't say he wish to drink a poison on the contrary he says: "May THEY drink a poison" refering to Dorabella and Fiordiligi "they are foxes without honor"... The passionate love phrases and the lies are a semplicistic way to describe this quartetto vocale, it is actually more complesx than this... But the rest of your comment is very interesting.