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The Marriage of Figaro (Italian: Le nozze di Figaro, pronounced [le ˈnɔttse di ˈfiːɡaro] ⓘ), K. 492, is a commedia per musica (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786.
The Marriage of Figaro has been filmed as opera several times. 1949 film, East German production with actors and dubbed singing voices, except for Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender as Figaro; 1960 film, Australian TV film, sung in English; 1976 film, directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (see above)
The Marriage of Figaro (French: La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro ("The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro")) is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais. This play is the second in the Figaro trilogy, preceded by The Barber of Seville and followed by The Guilty Mother .
Filmmaker James Gray, who is directing a new production of 'The Marriage of Figaro' at L.A. Opera, returns Mozart to his 18th century milieu.
During a career that lasted from his first appearance at Covent Garden in January 1948 to his farewell at the same house in June 1984, Evans played over 70 roles. [5] He made his operatic début as the nightwatchman in Die Meistersinger at the Royal Opera House in 1948 and performed there as Figaro in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in 1949, a part which he sang more than 500 times during his ...
While a member of the Jette Parker programme, her appearances with the Royal Opera included Barbarina in David McVicar's production of The Marriage of Figaro and Serpina in La serva padrona. [4] [5] Her performance in The Marriage of Figaro at the Royal Opera House is preserved in the 2006 live recording released on DVD by Opus Arte. [6]
Kurzak made her opera debut on 26 May 1999 in The Marriage of Figaro. Kurzak played the role Susanna alongside her mother as the countess at the Wrocław Opera, [7] where she would go on to be a soloist for two seasons (2000–2002). [3] She returned in 2009 for a new staging of The Marriage of Figaro. [8]
Notable productions include Der Rosenkavalier at Welsh National Opera [2] and The Marriage of Figaro at the English National Opera, [3] Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Opera House in London, [4] and Dvořák's Rusalka at Opera Australia and at Opera North.