Rita believes her first husband, Gaspar, to be dead. The abuse she suffered at his hands she now wreaks on her new husband, the clumsy Beppe. One day Gaspar, believing Rita to be dead, turns up to collect the death certificate in order to remarry. Both husbands then plot to be rid of Rita.This production of Donizettis domestic comedy in a new English-language translation with orchestration for chamber ensemble by Alejandro Bonatto, who will also direct it.