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Figaro

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  1. A scheming Spanish barber who appears as a character in eighteenth-century French plays. The operas The Marriage of Figaro, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and The Barber of Seville, by Gioacchino Rossini, are about Figaro.


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"Since the theft on October 19, 2025, we have been caught up in a media and political storm of unprecedented proportions," she told Le Figaro in an interview.

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

He joined Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal in 2002 after three years at French dailies Le Figaro and les Echos.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 2, 2026

His classic “The Painter of Modern Life,” advocating for upending art’s sclerotic monotony, appeared in three profoundly influential installments of the Parisian newspaper Le Figaro.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2025

France international Rabiot told French newspaper Le Figaro, external that the plans are "completely crazy" and "really absurd".

From BBC Oct. 8, 2025

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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