The Marriage of Figaro
Also known as
- Le nozze di Figaro,
- Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata
Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata (Trans: The Marriage of Figaro or the Day of Madness), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro (1784).
Although the play by Beaumarchais was at first banned in Vienna because of its satire of the aristocracy, the opera became one of Mozart's most successful works. The overture is especially famous and is often played as a concert piece.
(This excerpt is drawn from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marriage_of_Figaro )
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