The marriage of Figaro

Description

A fast-paced farce filled with glorious music, The Marriage of Figaro (in Italian Le Nozze di Figaro) is widely considered to be the greatest comic opera ever written. As the day of Figaro and Susanna’s wedding arrives, it becomes clear that their master, Count Almaviva, is hell-bent on seducing Susanna before the ceremony can take place. Susanna and Figaro conspire with the forsaken Countess to outwit her husband and teach him a lesson in fidelity. But when the teenage Cherubino involves himself in their plans, relationships become severely strained through a series of ever-more confusing twists and turns.

Original name: Le Nozze di Figaro
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais: "La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro"
Stage Director: Eleonora Constantinov, People's Artist
Set Designer, Costume Designer: Gheorghe Codrea (Cluj-Napoca)
Music Director: Victor Dumănescu (Cluj-Napoca)

World Premiere: May 1, 1786, at Burgtheater in Vienna.
Premiere in Chisinau: November 5, 1995, at National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Republic of Moldova.
Running time: 2 hours 30 min (three intervals)
Opera is presented in Italian
Subtitles in Romanian