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How does Cherubino escape from the Countess’s room in Act II?
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The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
In Act II of The Marriage of Figaro, Cherubino escapes from the Countess’s room by jumping out of the window.1
After the Count locks the boudoir door and leaves with the Countess to find tools to break open the closet, Susanna lets Cherubino out of his hiding place. In a state of panic, he leaps from the window into the garden below, where he lands on the gardener Antonio’s flower beds.1