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Opera Santa Barbara’s (OSB) next production will be “The Marriage of Figaro” (1786), with music by Wolfgang Mozart, and a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on the 1784 play of the same ...
The Marriage of Figaro will be conducted by Louis Lohraseb and directed by Tom Diamond, with set design by J. Michael Wingfield. Costumes were designed by Howard Tsvi Kaplan, hair and makeup are ...
I would argue that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s romantic comedy “The Marriage of Figaro” is the greatest work of musical theater ever written. Lorenzo da Ponte’s libretto depicts characters that are ...
Opera North set its production of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” in a “Golden Age” Downton Abbey. Pictured in the Act 2 finale are, left front, Figaro (Sergio Manzo), The Countess (Sara LeMesh), ...
Indeed, this Figaro’s sleeves are so stuffed with tricks it sometimes feels like it’s in an arms race with itself — and, at the same time, the physical truth of the gesture is a wonder.
The Atlanta Opera will embark on its 46th season in 2025-26. The season's six productions are themed to twilight and transformation, as exemplified by Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. General & Artistic ...
For more than 200 years, Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” and Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” have been among the best-known operas in the world, with comical stories and ...
It's like this amazing wind-up music box of musical drama that plays out in perfect dramatic time." "The Marriage of Figaro" opens at the Santa Fe Opera on Saturday, June 28, and runs through Aug. 22.
Some of the greatest drama happens at Italian weddings--case in point, The Godfather. But long before Vito Corleone, the godfather of Italian wedding drama was Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. First ...