Considered one of the greatest operas ever written, The Marriage of Figaro is a compelling study of human relationships with a matchless score. As the servants Figaro and Susanna conspire to get the ...
Lucas Meachem, far right, as the Count in James Gray's new production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" for Los Angeles Opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) A ...
In 2015, director Barbara Gaines’ Lyric Opera production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” became the first production of Anthony Freud’s formal tenure as Lyric’s general director.
As far as opera director Ian Rutherford is concerned, The Marriage of Figaro has “possibly the greatest Act II of opera and musical theater that was ever created and the greatest libretto ever written ...
At its heart, the clever servant Figaro fights to marry his true love while outsmarting his amorous and scheming master, who has his own designs on Figaro’s bride-to-be, Susanna. Not only a musical ...
The revival of Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" that opened Tuesday night at the San Francisco Opera is one of those maddeningly enjoyable and forgettable undertakings that hit the War Memorial Opera ...
THUMBNAIL SKETCH: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO recounts a single day of farce – the wedding day of two servants, Figaro, servant to the Count, and his bride-to-be Susanna, servant to the Countess. As they ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gabriella Reyes and James Newby as Countess and Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro - Tristram Kenton Director Louisa Muller ...
It was edifying to catch up with Jo Davies‘s scintillating production of Mozart’s da Ponte opera at its fifth rather than first performance, press and dignitaries having long departed along with most ...
Amarillo Opera is presenting Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" for one night only on Saturday, Oct. 4. The opera, directed locally by Cynthia Stokes, tells a story of love, mischief, and forgiveness ...
A hokey, old-fashioned painted curtain covering the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage was not an encouraging first sight. The vivacious overture conducted with grace and fluidity did, on the other hand, ...
A Houston Grand Opera production of The Marriage of Figaro that abounds with scene stealers. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane It isn’t the spiffy red and yellow Italian sports car (an Alfa Romeo, maybe) ...