If in Cosi it is the women who are put upon, then in L'Italiana in Algeri it is the eponymous heroine who wears the trousers — or so, at least, it ought to be.
If in Cosi it is the women who are put upon, then in L'Italiana in Algeri it is the eponymous heroine who is the commanding memisr of the group — or so, at least, it ought to be.