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The Marriage of Figaro (view source)
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[[File:The Nozze di Figaro Anonymous watercolour.jpg|thumb|The Nozze di Figaro, Anonymous watercolour.]]
'''''The Marriage of Figaro, or the Day of Madness''''' (It. '''''Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata''''', K. 492) is an [[opera]] composed by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] in 1785-1786 to an Italian [[libretto]] by Lorenzo da Ponte. First perfomed in [[Vienna]]'s Burgtheater on May 1, 1786, it ranks as one of Mozart's crowning operatic achievements. Figaro (a beloved operatic character who appears also in [[Rossini]]'s ''Barber of Seville'') is attempting to cleverly thwart the machinations of Count Almaviva, who wishes to seduce Figaro's fiancée Susanna before their wedding night.
'''''The Marriage of Figaro, or the Day of Madness''''' (It. '''''Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata''''', K. 492) is an [[opera]] composed by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] in 1785-1786 to an Italian [[libretto]] by Lorenzo da Ponte. First perfomed in [[Vienna]]'s Burgtheater on May 1, 1786, it ranks as one of Mozart's crowning operatic achievements. Figaro (a beloved operatic character who appears also in [[Rossini]]'s ''Barber of Seville'') is attempting to cleverly thwart the machinations of Count Almaviva, who wishes to seduce Figaro's fiancée Susanna before their wedding night.