What is the opera The Marriage of Figaro about?
Im going to the opera in Santa Fe NM this weekend to see it and would like to have some understanding of the theme of the opera before I go, I am familiar with the fact that it is an opera by Mozart. Any insight on this would be very helpful to me for its going to be my first time going. Thanks.
Figaro is a gorgeous opera – slightly ridiculous in plot but the music is incredible. A short summary:
The action of The Marriage of Figaro takes place after the events in The Barber of Seville, and recounts a single day in the palace of the Count Almaviva in Spain. Rosina is now the Countess; her husband, the Count, is seeking the favors of Susanna, who is to be wed to her love, Figaro, the Count’s valet. When the Count detects the interest of the young page, Cherubino, in the Countess, he tries to get rid of Cherubino by giving him an officer’s commission in his own regiment. Figaro, Susanna, and the Countess conspire to embarrass the Count and expose his infidelity. Meanwhile Figaro is caught up in a dispute with Bartolo and Marcellina, which ends when he is revealed to be their son. At night, all find themselves on the palace grounds, where a comic series of cases of mistaken identity results in the Count’s humiliation and then forgiveness by the Countess.
Cherubino is a slightly confusing role, as the character is male, but always played by a female, and the character dresses up as a female at one point – so you have a female pretending to be a male pretending to be a female! I’ve seen it several times and it’s one of my favourites. Enjoy it!
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