Work Information
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) K. 492 (Schirmer edition)
| Work Notes |
G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin for this work. |
Publisher |
G Schirmer Inc |
| Category |
Opera and Music Theatre |
Sub-Category |
Grand Opera |
| Chorus |
SSATB |
Solo Instrument(s) |
6 Sopranos, Alto, 2 Tenors, 4 Basses |
| Orchestration |
2.2.2(bthn).2/2200/timp/str |
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| Libretto(s): |
50340080 |
Libretto(s): |
GS34008 |
Programme Note
Cast List:
COUNT ALMAVIVA: Baritone
COUNTESS ALMAVIVA: Soprano
SUSANNA, her chambermaid, affianced to Figaro: Soprano
FIGARO, valet to the Count: Bass
CHERUBINO, the Count's page: Soprano
MARCELLINA: Mezzo-Soprano
BASILIO, music master: Tenor
DON CURZIO, a judge: Tenor
BARTOLO, a doctor from Seville: Bass
ANTONIO, the Count's gardener and Susanna's uncle: Bass
BARBARINA, his daughter: Soprano
Country Men and Women, Court Attendants, Hunters, Servants
Synopsis:
Figaro is about to wed Susanna, who has attracted the attention of the Count. The Count has lost interest in his own wife. Further complications ensue when a contract is produced in which Figaro had promised to marry Marcellina if he could not repay money that he owed her. Marcellina, though, turns out to be Figaro’s mother, the Count is tricked and returns to his wife and Figaro and Susanna are finally wed.
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