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The Marriage of Figaro (view source)
Revision as of 21:15, December 27, 2009
, 21:15, December 27, 2009add table for roles
The original story for Mozart's opera came from a 1784 [[French language|French]] play by Pierre Beaumarchais. Due to its mockery of the aristocracy, the play's performance was forbidden in Vienna, but according to biographers Mozart and da Ponte snatched up a printed copy before they were banned as well. When the opera version had been commissioned, Emperor Joseph II approved the libretto, and ''Figaro'' enjoyed a modest success in its first performances. However, during the period of [[Metternich]]'s reforms in the early 19th century, the opera's performance was banned as well.
The original story for Mozart's opera came from a 1784 [[French language|French]] play by Pierre Beaumarchais. Due to its mockery of the aristocracy, the play's performance was forbidden in Vienna, but according to biographers Mozart and da Ponte snatched up a printed copy before they were banned as well. When the opera version had been commissioned, Emperor Joseph II approved the libretto, and ''Figaro'' enjoyed a modest success in its first performances. However, during the period of [[Metternich]]'s reforms in the early 19th century, the opera's performance was banned as well.
==Roles==
{| class="wikitable"
!Role
!Voice type
|-
|Count Almaviva||baritone
|-
|Countess Rosina Almaviva||soprano
|-
|Susanna||soprano
|-
|Figaro||bass-baritone
|-
|Cherubino,<br />''the Count's page''||mezzo-soprano
|-
|Marcellina||mezzo-soprano
|-
|Bartolo,<br />''doctor from Seville, also a practicing lawyer''||bass
|-
|Basilio,<br />''music master''||tenor
|-
|Don Curzio,<br />''judge''||tenor
|-
|Barbarina,<br />''Antonio's daughter''||soprano
|-
|Antonio,<br />''the Count's gardener,<br />Susanna's uncle''||baritone or bass
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Choir|Chorus]] of peasants, villagers, servants
|}
==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==