<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Voi che sapete cosa è amor" Performed in 1910 by Nellie Melba (3: 24) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> Cherubino arrives, sent in by Figaro and eager to co-operate . Susanna urges him to sing the song he wrote for the Countess (aria: "Voi che sapete che cosa è amor"--"You ladies who know what love is, is it what I'm suffering from?"). After the song, the Countess, seeing Cherubino's military commission, notices that the Count was in such a hurry that he forgot to seal it with his signet ring (which would be necessary to make it an official document). </P> <P> Susanna and the Countess then begin with their plan . Susanna takes off Cherubino _́ s cloak, and she begins to comb his hair and teach him to behave and walk like a woman (aria of Susanna: Venite, inginocchiatevi--"Come, kneel down before me"). Then she leaves the room through a door at the back to get the dress for Cherubino, taking his cloak with her . </P>

Who sings voi che sapete in the marriage of figaro