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Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro / Te Kanawa, Popp, von Stade, Ramey, T. Allen, Moll, London Phil., Solti
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We’ve said it, time and again: opera is not “musical spinach.” Yes, it’s nutritious, substantial even, but you don’t have to hold your nose and swallow. Opera is consistently entertaining, both onstage and off, and occasionally, it’s downright outrageous. Need proof? Check out these Fun Facts. |
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The choices are endless! Most recently, excerpts from The Marriage of Figaro were heard in “Waitress” (2007), “All the King’s Men” (2006), “Prime” (2005), “Wedding Crashers” (2005) and “Matchstick Men” (2003).
The play, The Marriage of Figaro, was the greatest theatrical success of the 18th century. After censors delayed the premiere for years, it ran for 68 consecutive performances and raked in gross receipts of 347,000 livres (French for “a sizeable fortune”). Its author, Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, had earlier convinced the French monarchy to actively support the American Revolution, making him an “honorary Founding Father.”
You can’t visit the graves of either the composer or the librettist. Lorenzo Da Ponte’s grave is somewhere under the skyscrapers of New York City, Mozart was buried in a now-lost common grave on the outskirts of Vienna. A gravedigger claimed to mark the site and later retrieved a skull which today resides in the Salzburg Mozarteum.
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