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Marriage of Figaro, The

American  
[fig-uh-roh] / ˈfɪg əˌroʊ /

noun

  1. Italian Le nozze di Figaro.  an opera (1786) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.


The Marriage of Figaro Cultural  
  1. An opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in which the servant Figaro outwits his noble master, who is trying to seduce Figaro's fiancée.


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“Comedies like The Marriage of Figaro — especially comedies — were some of the most subversive pieces, and conveyed its messages in a very clever way that often barely escaped censorship.”

From Salon Oct. 6, 2024

Among them will be Barber of Seville from Glyndebourne, Turn of the Screw and The Marriage of Figaro from Garsington, and a performance of Opera North's La Traviata filmed from backstage.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2020

Emma, Mozart-obsessed, was due to go with her grandmother to the opera house in Giuseppe Verdi’s birthplace, Busseto, to see The Marriage of Figaro.

From The Guardian Mar. 15, 2020

It recalls another great document of the period in which we are shown aristocrats routed by their servants – Beaumarchais’s The Marriage of Figaro, first staged in 1784 and made into an opera by Mozart.

From The Guardian Jul. 15, 2017

Among his writings were plays that would later become famous operas, The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

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