Organization

Stage director

Margaret Jumonville

Conductor

Codruţ Bîrsan

Singer

Bass

Carlo Suarez

Figaro

Baritone

Andrew Hannau

The Count of Almaviva

Seth Tack

Soprano

Evangeline Ng

Susanna

Zyda Culpepper

Ava Brown

Katherine Petersen

The Countess of Almaviva

Elizabeth Cohen

Maria Servodidio

Mezzo-soprano

Jade Espina

Cherubino

Rachel DiBlasio

Jenna Sears

Marcelline

Sze Pui Li

Gabriel Shapiro

Bartolo

Tenor

Kameron Alston

Basilio

Juan Tello

Steven Auster

Antonio

Gwendolyn DeLaney

Barbarina

Kaori Iwasaki

Chicago Summer Opera

Italian

Le nozze di Figaro -  (The Marriage of Figaro)

Le nozze di Figaro Mozart

Public

Private

The Marriage of Figaro

English

Approved

The witty story of love, betrayal, and forgiveness.
The Marriage of Figaro
An Opera by Mozart
Creative Team: Director: Margaret Jumonville Conductor: Codrut Birsan
Synopsis: The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) is set in Count Almaviva’s castle in Seville in the late 18th Century. It is based on Beaumarchais’s 1784 play La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro, a sequel to his earlier play, Le Barbier de Séville (The Barber of Seville), familiar to opera audiences through Rossini’s great opera (Mozart’s opera premiered in 1786; Rossini’s premiered in 1816). In Le Barbier, Count Almaviva, with substantial help from Figaro, wooed and won the lovely Rosine away from her crusty old ward and would-be husband, Dr. Bartholo. In The Marriage of Figaro, Beaumarchais continued their story. The Count has married Rosine but their marriage has gone sour because of his philandering. Figaro has quit barbering and is now the Count’s major-domo. He is engaged to Suzanne, who is Countess Rosine’s maid — and the Count’s intended conquest. Old Bartholo is back to seek revenge on Figaro for taking Rosine away from him, with the help of the slimy music-master, Don Bazile. Adding to the fun are an amorous teenager, a scheming old maid, a drunken gardener, and a silly young girl. Much happens on a single “folle journée” — a crazy day. Mozart’s librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte, took this popular play, removed “political” content that would have offended the Viennese imperial censors (the French Revolution was only a few years away), and faithfully translated the rest into Italian — the customary opera language of the day. With Mozart’s masterpiece of a score, the result was a witty yet profound tale of love, betrayal, and forgiveness.
Running Time: 3 hours with intermission

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