Five excellent actors play Figaro, Susanna, the Count, the Countess, Basilio and Antonio, lipsynching to Mr. Costanzo’s voice; Mr. Costanzo plays Cherubino whenever he is in the scene.

That’s what I started doing as I drank beer after beer while watching the “Mad Men” premiere. For a kid like me who’s been in that car, it wasn’t even hard to figure out what was going through the ...

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.

Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo sings Figaro, Susanna, the Count, Countess, Cherubino, Antonio and Barbarina in Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” at New York’s Little Island, stretching ...