Editing Così fan tutte (section)

====Scene 3: A garden====

[[File:Opera in the Heights (6331102724).jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Opera in the Heights]] ensemble, 2011]]

The sisters are still pining. Despina has asked Don Alfonso to let her take over the seduction plan. Suddenly, the "Albanians" burst in the scene and threaten to poison themselves if they are not allowed the chance to woo the sisters. As Alfonso tries to calm them, they drink the "poison" and pretend to pass out. Soon thereafter, a "doctor" (Despina in disguise) arrives on the scene and, using [[magnet therapy]], is able to revive the "Albanians". The men, pretending to [[hallucination|hallucinate]], demand a kiss from Dorabella and Fiordiligi (whom the "Albanians" call goddesses) who stand before them. The sisters refuse, even as Alfonso and the doctor (Despina) urge them to acquiesce.