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	The Marriage of Figaro
		Figaro is measuring a space for his nuptial bed while his fiancée, Susanna, tries on her bridal hat.
		But their argument is interrupted by the arrival of Figaro and a group of peasants, who, at Figaro's instigation, are singing the Count's praises for having abolished the feudal right of the lord of the manor to sleep with his servant's bride.
		Figaro invites the Count to place the bridal veil on Susanna as a symbol of his blessing on their marriage, which is to take place later that day.
	www.reginaopera.org /figaro.htm (2520 words)

	Mississippi Opera presents The Marriage of Figaro
		Figaro returns with fellow servants, who praise the Count's progressive reform in abolishing the droit du seigneur - the right of a noble to take a manservant's place on his wedding night.
		Figaro, who has run in to announce that the wedding is ready, pretends it was he who jumped from the window, faking a sprained ankle.
		Later, during the marriage ceremony of Figaro and Susanna, the bride manages to slip the note, sealed with a hatpin, to the Count who pricks his finger, dropping the pin which Figaro retrieves.
	www.msopera.org /Figaro.html (722 words)

	The Marriage of Figaro Photos and Synopsis
		The Marriage of Figaro (Le mariage de Figaro) subtitled The Craziest Day (La folle journée) is the second in the Figaro trilogy of plays by Beaumarchais and follows the action of The Barber of Seville.
		Figaro has since entered service with the Count and as the first scene opens is making preparations for his upcoming marriage to Susanna, Rosina's maid.
		Figaro is unaware of the plot hatched by the Countess and hides to catch his new wife 'in flagrante' with Almaviva on their wedding night.
	www.harmetz.com /soprano/synopsis/marriagefigaro.htm (1511 words)

	MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, THE
		Heinz Blankenburg sings Figaro, Edith Mathis is Susanna, Tom Krause is the Count, Arlene Saunders is the Countess, Elisabeth Steiner is Cherubino, Noël Mangin is Bartolo, Maria von Hosvay is Marcellina, Natalie Usselmann is Barbarina and Kurt Marschner is Basilio.
		Mikael Samuelsson is Figaro, Georgine Resick is Susanna, Sylvia Lindenstrand is the Countess, Per-Arne Wahlgren is the Count, Ann Christine Biel is Cherubino, Karin Mang-Habashi is Marcellina, Erik Saedén is Bartolo, Torbjörn Lilliequist is Basilio, Bo Leinmark is Curzio, Birgitta Larsson is Barbarina and Karl-Robert Lindgren is Antonio.
		Harry Burton is Figaro, Mary Lincoln is Susanna, Jan Hartley is the Countess, Andrew Wadsworth is the Count, Jacinta Mulcahy is Cherubino, Denis Quilley is Bartolo, Tricia George is Marcellina, Nigel Planer is Antonio and Simon Butteriss is Basilio.
	home.earthlink.net /~beachwoodprs/html/MARRIAGE.htm (2224 words)

	Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
		Figaro, the servant of the Count, and Susanna, the maid of the Countess, are measuring the room they have received from the Count to use as their bedroom.
		Figaro is in debt to Marcellina and has promised to marry her if he doesn't repay her.
		Figaro tells them to hide until he gives the signal and then Figaro moves to another part of the garden, still defending the jealousy of men and determining not to trust women.
	www.evermore.com /azo/99season/lnf_syn.php3 (1372 words)

	Marriage of Figaro Synopsis
		Figaro arrives and hatches a plan to dress up Cherubino as a woman and send him to meet the Count in the garden in place of Susanna, where they will be able to catch him red-handed.
		Figaro naturally misconstrues the plot and plans to catch the Count and his new wife in flagrante, inviting Bartolo and Basilio womankind.
		Figaro quickly recognises her voice and realises the plot and plays along by making up to her, knowing that this will anger her.
	www.treda.freeserve.co.uk /opex/figaro/synopsis.html (858 words)

	nozze di figaro, marriage of figaro, casamiento de figaro, wolfgang amadeus mozart, opera plots, argumentos de operas, ...
		Figaro's master, Count Almaviva, is now married to his love Rosina but has tired of her and pursues the affections of her comely maid Susanna, who is engaged to Figaro.
		The count hatches a plot to convince Figaro that Susanna is deceiving him and that he should instead marry the noblewoman Marcellina, but Figaro in turn schemes to reunite the count and countess.
		Figaro and Susanna regain their trust in each other and the count must stoop to begging Rosina's pardon.
	www.ompersonal.com.ar /music/nozzedifigaro.htm (915 words)

	The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
		The Count is carrying on a flirtation with Susanna, the Countess’s maid; and the droleries of the opera hang to a large extent on the incidents thus afforded.
		She declines, and Figaro presently appears, requesting the Count to honour his marriage by giving away the bride.
		But Figaro had promised to marry Marcellina if he failed to repay her an old debt within a certain time; and the payment not having been made, she now comes to claim her bridegroom.
	www.musicwithease.com /mozart-marriage-figaro.html (1023 words)

	The Marriage of Figaro @ Coliseum, London: opera review
		Figaro's aria at the end of the first act was particularly poignant.
		Though Figaro is supposed to be mocking young Cherubino, who is to join the Count's regiment, it is Figaro who finds the prospect unbearable.
		Figaro collapses in despair while the pink carnations, present at the front of the stage throughout, become red as to remind one of blood or perhaps of the poppies of war fields.
	www.musicomh.com /opera/eno-figaro-2_0107.htm (636 words)

	Eastern Opera - Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Figaro (who as the Barber of Seville had helped Count Almaviva to win his bride Rosina from her guardian Doctor Bartolo) is now working in the Count's household, and is to be married to Susanna, the Countess' maid.
		Figaro, hastily improvising, claims responsibility, but is at a loss to identify the piece of paper Antonio has picked up, until the Countess prompts him - it is Cherubino's commission, which the page gave to Figaro to get sealed.
		Figaro rages against the monstrous perfidy of wives and the stupidity of duped husbands.
	www.easternopera.co.uk /marriageoffigaro.htm (903 words)

	:: Figaros ::
		Figaro Ristorante, the cozy North Beach Italian restaurant, is a treasure not only for lovers of authentic Italian cuisine, but also for the history-minded.
		Figaro’s Assisi patio garden in back of the restaurant is named after San Francisco’s own patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi.
		Considering its European roots, it is not surprising that Figaro is located in North Beach, considered by many to be the most European neighborhood in all of the United States.
	www.figaroristorante.com (289 words)

	The Marriage of Figaro
		Figaro tries to use the Countess's grief and probably her thirst for some justice to his advantage.
		Figaro explains that it was actually he who jumped into the garden earlier, frightened by the Count's approach.
		Rosina, therefore, is the Countess in "The Marriage of Figaro".
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/Strasse/2915/figaro.html (1809 words)

	The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) - Synopsis
		Bartolo, for whom, as formerly, Marcellina is keeping house, still is Figaro’s enemy, because of the latter’s interference with his plans to marry Rosina and to secure her fortune to himself.
		She is aided by the Countess and by Figaro; but she still must appear to encourage while evading the Count’s advances, and do so without offending him, lest both she and her affianced be made to suffer through his disfavour.
		Figaro, who has come in, and who senses that something has gone wrong, says that it was he who was with Susanna and jumped out of the window.
	www.musicwithease.com /marriage-figaro-synopsis.html (2058 words)

	Figaro's Marriage
		It is too facile to be wise after the event, as was Napoleon in describing Figaro's 'You have taken the trouble to be born, nothing more' as the revolution in action.
		Although the thesis does not entirely convince, it is true that the opera is as much an examination of their two-year-old marriage as of the marrying of Figaro and Susanna.
		Figaro's diatribe and Susanna's love song are of course essential, but Marcellina's and Basilio's numbers can appear marginal.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /jrp/PG/works/notes/figaro.shtml (1322 words)

	The Marriage of Figaro
		The Marriage of Figaro is a sequel to The Barber of Seville, and recounts a single "crazy" day in the palace of the Count Almaviva.
		Figaro, Susanna, and the Countess conspire to embarrass the count and expose his infidelity.
		Meanwhile Figaro is caught up in a dispute with Bartolo and Marcellina, which ends when he is revealed to be their son.
	www.opera-australia.org.au /opera/oaweb.nsf/lookups/THEMARRIAGEOFFIGARO-OPER-?opendocument (373 words)

	The Marriage of Figaro Study Guide by Pierre Beaumarchais
		In the bedroom Figaro and Suzanne are to share as husband and wife, Figaro measures the floor to determine the best place for the bed while Suzanne, the Countess's maid and Figaro's bride to be, tries on the wreath of flowers she's to wear at their wedding later that day.
		Figaro explains that because it's close to the rooms of their masters, the Count and Countess, it's perfect.
		Figaro reminds her that the Count rescinded that law when he got married, but according to Suzanne, Bazile says he wants to bring it back.
	www.bookrags.com /studyguide-marriagefigaro (273 words)

	NPR Music: Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro'
		Figaro explores territory that many found worrisome when it was written in the mid-1780s — the often contentious relationship between the classes.
		Figaro is the Count's personal valet, and he's engaged to marry the Countess' maid, Susanna.
		Figaro is convinced that Susanna is plotting to betray him, especially when he hears her nearby, singing about her "lover" — though she's really singing about Figaro.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=11886151&ft=1&f=1041 (1809 words)

	The Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
		The Marriage of Figaro premiered in 1786, but did not have its first performance at La Scala until 1815.
		Figaro outwits his aristocratic master who meets humbling defeat for his presumptuous assertion of privilege.
		While there were moments of beautiful music-making, the misconceived emphasis on high style bled the life from the evening, leaving a dessicated mannequin where a breathing, pulsating work of art should have flourished.
	www.culturevulture.net /Opera/MarriageofFigaro2.htm (738 words)

	Marriage of Figaro: The Story of the Opera
		Figaro discovers that the Count is determined to revive an old custom—the seigniorial right to anticipate the bridegroom on a servant’s wedding night.
		Figaro’s troubles multiply as the aging Marcellina attempts, with the assistance of the lawyer, Dr.
		The Countess plots with Susanna and Figaro to punish her husband for his pursuit of Susanna by sending Cherubino disguised as Susanna to a romantic assignation with the Count.
	www.wbopera.org /0102/Figaro/story/index.html (512 words)

	Synopsis
		Figaro has borrowed two thousand silver pieces from Marcellina, and signed a promissory note by which he will repay the money by a certain date—or marry Marcellina as penalty.
		Even when Susanna and Figaro are safely married and this trick is no longer strictly necessary, the Countess still pursues it.
		Both Figaro and the Count believe the hooded figure to be Susanna: the lady who keeps the assignation is in fact the Countess wearing her maid's cloak.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/parade/abj76/PG/works/notes/figaro_synopsis.shtml (749 words)

	The Marriage of Figaro @ The Lowry, Salford Quays: opera review
		In every way, Figaro is a masterpiece that never fails to astonish in its variety and invention, and many of Mozart's most popular arias derive from the work.
		It may not carry the famous names or be the most glamorous Marriage of Figaro you could ever hope to see, but it's one of the freshest and most lively Mozart productions currently doing the rounds.
		Opera North performs The Marriage of Figaro again at the Lowry, Salford Quays, on Friday May 12, and tours with Figaro, La rondine and Kurt Weill's Arms and the Cow to Newcastle, Hull, Sheffield and Aberdeen until June 17.
	www.musicomh.com /opera/on-figaro_0506.htm (700 words)

	ML Hart - Opera: Production Photographs / The Marriage of Figaro
		Figaro's goal is to confound the Count - which he does by thinking fast and responding to signals from Susanna and the Countess - when questioned about a letter and a balcony escape.
		The Marriage of Figaro was written by musician / inventor / businessman / politician / diplomat / arms merchant / publisher / free-thinker and man of letters Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais.
		A true man of his age, intoxicated by the concept of freedom and willing to speak out, he was thrown in jail for abusive behavior while trying to defend his play.
	www.mlhart.com /opera/01figaro.htm (1638 words)

	The Marriage of Figaro: The Opera
		Figaro (Jason Detwiler) brings the castle servants along as an audience to his request for permission to marry Susanna.
		Figaro tells Cherubino (Sonia Gariaeff) about army life as Susanna sympathizes and Count Almaviva, Basilio, and another page watch from the doorway.
		Unaware of the plan to fool the Count, Figaro becomes jealous when Barbarina explains the pin is to confirm a meeting of Susanna with the Count in the pine grove.
	www.wbopera.org /0102/Figaro/show/index.html (467 words)

	'Marriage of Figaro' -- English style - The Boston Globe
		During a trip to London, Westford Chorus director Daniel Rowntree saw a performance of "The Marriage of Figaro," in a translation by British director and composer Jeremy Sams.
		The Westford Chorus and visiting soloists will perform 10 costumed scenes from "Figaro," in what Rowntree said will be the first performance of the Sams translation in the United States.
		Noting that this weekend's performances are occurring "outside of the Route 495 setting," Rowntree stressed the importance of making the music accessible to members of the audience in their native language.
	www.boston.com /ae/theater_arts/articles/2004/12/09/marriage_of_figaro____english_style (479 words)

	Learn - The Marriage of Figaro - Arizona Opera
		The character of Count Almiviva in The Marriage of Figaro is bored in his idyllic marriage to his faithful Countess and turns to the feudal privilege of droit de seigneur, the lord’s right, for extra marital pleasure.
		In the comedy that unfolds as the Countess, Figaro and Susanna dupe the Count, identities are exchanged, oaths of undying love are pledged and even the accomplices get confused.
		Figaro clips courtesy of Qualiton Imports, LTD and their labels Gala and Living Stage.
	www.azopera.com /learn.php?subcat=operasynopsis&subpage=TheMarriageofFigaro (1580 words)

	Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) — Infoplease.com
		The count attempts to prevent their impending marriage by helping Marcellina, the housekeeper of Dr. Bartolo (Rosina's old guardian), who is trying to force Figaro to marry her since he cannot repay the money he has borrowed from her.
		Figaro in turn schemes to thwart the count and Marcellina's plan and marry Susanna.
		Marcellina's plan is foiled when Figaro accidentally discovers that she is his long-lost mother.
	www.infoplease.com /ipea/A0153811.html (344 words)

	What
		Marriage of Figaro was considered to be a very political opera in its time because the count is a rival to a servant and loses to him.
		To me The Marriage of Figaro is one of the big three operas of Mozart along with Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute.
		The Marriage of Figaro coming up in November, Frank is already sketching and imagining his next creation.
	www.operayork.com /whatsnew.htm (1778 words)

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