Hermann Prey
Figaro
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Find out more about the Royal College of Music at http://www.rcm.ac.ukEsteemed baritone and RCM alumnus Sir Thomas Allen directs a rousing performance of Moz...
All about Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, and why it may be the best opera of all time. Discover more about the great works and composers with BBC Music
The Marriage of Figaro, comic opera in four acts by Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte), which premiered in Vienna at the Burgtheater on May 1, 1786. Based on Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais’s 1784 play Le Mariage de Figaro, Mozart’s work remains a.
A guide to Mozart's masterpiece, The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro). Including Synopsis, Music & Arias, Fun Facts, Running Time and much more!
In 1786, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed The Marriage of Figaro, which consisted of four acts and was accompanied by an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. With its sophisticated music and multi-layered characterisation, it’s a wonderful opera to get stuck into , as it encompasses universal themes of love, infidelity and forgiveness.
Here’s everything you need to know about ENO’s latest staging of The Marriage of Figaro. It’s an opera by Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart… Composed just five-and-a-half years before his untimely death, The Marriage of Figaro (in Italian Le Nozze di Figaro) premiered at the height of Mozart’s 35-year career.
Explore the scandalous history behind The Marriage of Figaro and how its portrayal of upper class led King Louis XVI to ban public performances of the play until 1784.
