What is the marriage of Figaro?
The marriage of Figaro , because Le Nozze di Figaro is known in English, is an opera buffa in four acts of the Austrian composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who is also known for his operations Don Giovanni, something and . The marriage of Figaro was composed in 1785 with the libretto of Lorenzo da Ponte, who also wrote libretts for Don Giovani and something fan tutte .
Libretto is based on the second of three Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchaise games, who dealt with the character named Figaro. Paisiello founded the opera on the first sequence game, Le Barbier de Séville , which Rossini also adapted to the opera a few decades later. Mozart was aware of the production of Paisiello, but relatively few people know about it, while the marriage of Figaro became popular of all Mozart's operas.
premiere marriage to marriage -fighter took place on May 1, 1786 in Vienna and many of the roles were attracted to singingThe people who repeated their roles Paisiello. According to memories Michael Kelly, an Irish tenor who played Basilio in the premiere, the effects were so amazing that in the first complete rehearsal the whole society spontaneously disintegrated for the composers.
The story Marriage of Figaro takes place in the eighteenth century Seville, at Count Almaviva Castle in the one day. Opera opens with Figaro, Count Valemník and Susanna, the Countess's maid, who is engaged to be married. However, their plans are complicated by two things. The Earl has proposals for Susanna and Figaro once borrowed money from Marcellina and promised to get married if he failed on the loan he had. Marcellina has Bartolo, who holds resentment against the Figar and supports it.
Thehemulad man Cherubino, the role of pants - ie the male part played by a woman, enters and asks Susanna to take advantage of her influence with the number of cherubino. The Earl just shot himL For flirting with the Countess. When the Earl enters, Cherubino is hidden and when discovered, measures are taken for him to join the army to keep him on.
in the law II of the marriage of Figaro , Figaro and Susana convince the Countess to play the trick on the Earl to be biased, allowing them to marry without his interference. They lead the Earl to believe that the Countess meets a lover and that Susana is willing to meet him. The plan involves sending a cherubin dressed as Susanna to fulfill this assignment, with the Countess waiting in the wings to surprise and embarrass her husband. When Cherubino is preparing, the number enters and Cherubino hides again and jumps out of the window after the Earl leave.
Act III begins with a revised action plan: Susanna and Countess will replace clothes and the Countess meets the Earl. Figaro goes to court and after his promise he protests not to marry without the consent of his parents, which led to revelation that Marcellina and Bartolo are in facthis parents' sire. The Countess dictates a letter from Susanna on the Earl and Susanna gives him when there are two pairs - Figaro and Susanna and Marcellina and Bartolo - Count and Countess for their blessings.
Act IV begins with a mistake that leads Figar to doubt about Susanna, and finds Basilio and Bartolo to support him. Do not believe about the new plans formulated by the Countess and Susanna - they decide not to tell him - Figaro thinks that the Earl will meet Susanna when he's actually a countess. This leads to mass confusion until everything is revealed, the Earl begs forgiveness of the Countess and all ends happily.