Jan 16, 2020 · Halfway through the iconic “Shawshank Redemption,” Andy Dufresne walks into the Warden’s office and plays a recording of “Le Nozze di Figaro,” specifically the Duettino “Sull’aria” across the main speakers to the entire prison.

Jun 14, 2020 · Halfway through the iconic “Shawshank Redemption,” Andy Dufresne walks into the Warden’s office and plays a recording of “Le Nozze di Figaro,” specifically the Duettino “Sull’aria” across the main speakers to the entire prison.

Aug 11, 2020 · Halfway through the iconic “Shawshank Redemption,” Andy Dufresne walks into the Warden’s office and plays a recording of “Le Nozze di Figaro,” specifically the Duettino “Sull’aria” across the main speakers to the entire prison.

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.

Among the books, Andy finds a record of the opera Le Nozze di Figaro and plays it. He then connects it to the speakers in the prison and it plays throughout the facility. Andy locks the prison guard, who has gone to the bathroom, in the bathroom while he plays the record, and the guard calls to be let out. Andy lets the record play.

22 hours ago · The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive “Le Nozze di Figaro” for 13 performances. The opera will be conducted by Joana Mallwitz, who makes her company debut and will showcase Richard Eyre’s production. There will be two casts for the work, the first of which showcases Federica Lombardi, Olga Kulchynska, Sun-Ly Pierce, Joshua Hopkins, and ...

22 hours ago · The Curtis Opera Theatre continues its Centennial Series with Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The opera will be presented on Feb. 27–28, 2025 and March 1–2, 2025 at the Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center. Conductor Nicholas McGegan and director Marcus Shields lead the work. Robert Frazier and ...

Revel in Mozart and Da Ponte’s comic masterpiece, Le nozze di Figaro, (The Marriage of Figaro) where love, intrigue, and politics hilariously collide on the eve of Figaro and Susanna’s wedding. Join the quick-witted barber Figaro and his bride-to-be Susanna as they navigate a whirlwind 24 hours filled with mishaps and mischief.

This guide approaches Le Nozze di Figaro as a classic, lighthearted situa- tional comedy that explores fundamental human drives and desires—for love, revenge, dignity, and connection.

A profoundly humane comedy, Le Nozze di Figaro is a remarkable marriage of Mozart’s music at the height of his genius and one of the best librettos ever set. In adapting a play that caused a scandal with its revolutionary take on 18th-century society, librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte focused less on the original topical references and more on the ...