The Marriage of Figaro was composed 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.
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The Marriage of Figaro is a comic opera composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was a continuation of the plot of The Barber of Seville.
The music was by Mozart. The play was by Pierre Beaumarchais.
The composer writes the music and a librettist writes the words. For instance, Mozart wrote the music for 'The Marriage of Figaro' and Lorenzo da Ponte wrote the libretto, based on the play by Beaumarchais.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed The Marriage of Figaro. The play premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on May 1, 1786. Mozart directed the first two performances himself. Later performances were conducted by Joseph Weigl.
The Marriage of Figaro the opera is in Italian - the opera's libretto was based on a play which was originally in French.
English translation of Marriage Of Figaro
No. That opera was written by Mozart.
Le nozze di Figaro, or The Marriage of Figaro, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte, and was based on the play La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais.
The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart. It is an opera.
About 3 hours 20 minutes.
The action of The Marriage of Figaro takes place after the events in The Barber of Seville, and recounts a single day in the palace of the Count Almaviva in Spain. In the Mozart opera Figaro is the Count's valet and in Rossini opera Figaro is the Barber of Seville. The links below will give further information.