Le nozze di Figaro
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Fri, Apr 8, 2022 - Sat, Apr 9, 2022 7pm - 10pm
Location
The Rialto Center for the Arts
80 Forsyth St NW
Details
W.A. Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte’s delightful comedy Le nozze di Figaro (1786) is based on Pierre Beaumarchais’s controversial 1778 play of the same title. A true Enlightenment-era artwork, and a sequel to his play The Barber of Seville, Beaumarchais’s play was initially banned by Louis XVI from performance in France due to its subversive political themes. Da Ponte’s libretto adaptation tones down Beaumarchais’s political criticism in favor of its comedic elements. It’s Mozart’s glorious music, however, that gives depth and humanity to the beloved characters.
Both play and opera present all of humanity as susceptible to foolishness and folly, but also with great capacity for love and forgiveness.
This is a Rialto Series performance.
