THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

Comic opera in 4 acts, with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte based on Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais' La Folle Journée ou le mariage de Figaro. Premiered on May 1, 1786, at the Burgtheater in Vienna.

Count Almaviva is after Susanna, the fiancée of his servant Figaro. To thwart their master's schemes, the two young lovers turn everything upside down, dragging along the Countess, the jealous, the naive, and the opportunists. From this cascading intrigue, Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, inspired by Beaumarchais, create a comedy that is both funny and profound. Games of deception, rivalries, thwarted love, jealousy, and forgiveness: in just one day, all the characters grapple with their desires and contradictions, and we readily recognize our own.

Two and a half centuries after its creation, the work has lost none of its liveliness or human insight. The staging by Mathilda du Tillieul McNicol and the musical direction by Julio García-Vico come together to present this brilliant and tender score, performed by a cast of leading international singers.

Duration: ±3 h 15 with intermission
Sung in Italian - surtitled in French

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