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The Marriage of Figaro (view source)
Revision as of 12:26, December 23, 2009
, 12:26, December 23, 2009→Synopsis: comparison with Rossini's opera
==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
The plot of ''The Marriage of Figaro'' takes place after the events of Rossini's opera ''The Barber of Seville'', although Mozart's opera was written 30 years earlier. There was, however, an earlier opera based on Beaumarchais' ''Barber'' written by the Italian composer Giovanni Paisiello, and its Viennese performance in 1782 would have surely contributed to Mozart and da Ponte's interest in writing a sequel once Beaumarchais had written his sequel two years later.
===Act I===
===Act I===
===Act II===
===Act II===