classic pure - "The Marriage of Figaro" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

"The Marriage of Figaro" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte based on the comedy "La Folle Journée ou Le Mariage de Figaro" (1778) by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais / In Italian singing and German language.

An overbearing nobleman and his cunning servant, a steadfast countess and her clever maid, a pubescent young man, and more or less skilled schemers: The panopticon of characters in Le nozze di Figaro primarily presents a societal image of the 18th century – and yet every audience member can recognize themselves in at least one of the characters drawn with keen insight into human nature.

The comedy is as simply complicated as "real life": Count Almaviva loves Susanna, the chambermaid of Countess Rosina Almaviva, who still loves the Count and can no longer tolerate his affairs. However, Susanna loves the Count's valet Figaro, who in turn is loved by the older Marcellina. When Susanna and Figaro want to marry...