NCPA Production: The Marriage of Figaro

Published on Jul 1, 2013

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: August 15-18, 2013

Prices: 180, 300, 420, 500, 580, 680

Features: Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro is now regarded as a cornerstone of the standard operatic repertoire and the most-performed operas worldwide. On August 15-18, the NCPA production of the Marriage of Figaro will stage in Drama theatre.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

The Marriage of Figaro(Le nozze di Figaro), is an opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with a libretto in Italian by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro (1784).

Beaumarchais's earlier play The Barber of Seville had already made a successful transition to opera in a version by Paisiello. Although Beaumarchais's Marriage of Figaro was at first banned in Vienna because of its licentiousness, Mozart's librettist managed to get official approval for an operatic version which eventually achieved great success.

The opera was the first of three collaborations between Mozart and Da Ponte; their later collaborations were Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte. It was Mozart who originally selected Beaumarchais's play and brought it to Da Ponte, who turned it into a libretto in six weeks, rewriting it in poetic Italian and removing all of the original's political references. In particular, Da Ponte replaced Figaro's climactic speech against inherited nobility with an equally angry aria against unfaithful wives. Contrary to the popular myth, the libretto was approved by the Emperor, Joseph II, before any music was written by Mozart.

The Marriage of Figaro premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786, the cast for which is included in the "Roles" section below. Mozart himself directed the first two performances, conducting seated at the keyboard, the custom of the day. Later performances were by Joseph Weigl. The first production was given eight further performances, all in 1786.

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Booking From: Monday, Jul 01, 2013

Booking Until: Monday, Aug 12, 2013

Show Time: Aug 15-18, 2013 / 7:30pm

Running Time: 2 hours 10 minutes

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