The Marriage of Figaro Le Nozze di Figaro premiered on May 1, 1786, at the Burgtheater in Vienna. Based on Pierre Beaumarchais' play La Folle Journée, the opera unfolds over a single day of comic intrigues, mistaken identities, and social subversion within an aristocratic household. Mozart’s music illuminates the characters’ inner lives with extraordinary psychological… Continue reading Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
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