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I due Figaro, o sia Il soggetto di una commedia is an opera (melodramma buffo) in two acts by Michele Carafa to a libretto by Felice Romani based on Les deux Figaro by Honoré-Antoine Richaud Martelly. The opera is a homage to Mozart, and tells of the further adventures of Cherubino, returned after 12 years in the army. Aimé Le Borne (1797-1866) arranged his friend Carafa's work as Les deux Figaro at the Théâtre Odéon, Paris 22 August 1827.