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The Marriage of Figaro
PREMIERE5/1/1786 — Burgtheater (Vienna)
COMPOSERWolfgang Amadeus Mozart   
LIBRETTISTLorenzo Da Ponte   
Virginia Opera
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DATETIMELOCATION
3/25/20228:00 PMCarpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center
Richmond, VA
3/25/20228:00 PMEdythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House
Norfolk, VA
3/25/20228:00 PMGeorge Mason University Center for the Arts
Fairfax, VA
3/26/20227:30 PMCarpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center
Richmond, VA
3/26/20227:30 PMEdythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House
Norfolk, VA
3/26/20227:30 PMGeorge Mason University Center for the Arts
Fairfax, VA
3/27/20222:30 PMCarpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center
Richmond, VA
3/27/20222:30 PMEdythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House
Norfolk, VA
3/27/20222:30 PMGeorge Mason University Center for the Arts
Fairfax, VA
4/01/20228:00 PMCarpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center
Richmond, VA
4/01/20228:00 PMEdythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House
Norfolk, VA
4/01/20228:00 PMGeorge Mason University Center for the Arts
Fairfax, VA
4/03/20222:30 PMCarpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center
Richmond, VA
4/03/20222:30 PMEdythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House
Norfolk, VA
4/03/20222:30 PMGeorge Mason University Center for the Arts
Fairfax, VA
4/09/20228:00 PMCarpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center
Richmond, VA
4/09/20228:00 PMEdythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House
Norfolk, VA
4/09/20228:00 PMGeorge Mason University Center for the Arts
Fairfax, VA
4/10/20222:00 PMCarpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center
Richmond, VA
4/10/20222:00 PMEdythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House
Norfolk, VA
4/10/20222:00 PMGeorge Mason University Center for the Arts
Fairfax, VA
Synopsis
The Marriage of Figaro continues the plot of The Barber of Seville several years later, and recounts a single "day of madness" (la folle journée) in the palace of Count Almaviva near Seville, Spain. Rosina is now the Countess; Dr. Bartolo is seeking revenge against Figaro for thwarting his plans to marry Rosina himself; and Count Almaviva has degenerated from the romantic youth of Barber, a tenor (in Paisiello's 1782 opera), into a scheming, bullying, skirt-chasing baritone. Having gratefully given Figaro a job as head of his servant-staff, he is now persistently trying to exercise his droit du seigneur – his right to bed a servant girl on her wedding night – with Figaro's bride-to-be, Susanna, who is the Countess's maid. He keeps finding excuses to delay the civil part of the wedding of his two servants, which is arranged for this very day. Figaro, Susanna, and the Countess conspire to embarrass the Count and expose his scheming. He retaliates by trying to compel Figaro legally to marry a woman old enough to be his mother, but it turns out at the last minute that she really is his mother. Through the clever manipulations of Susanna and the Countess, Figaro and Susanna are finally able to marry.
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Alternate Titles/Spellings
Die Hochzeit des Figaro
Figaros Bryllup
Figaro's Wedding
Le nozze di Figaro
Les Noces de Figaro
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