The Marriage of Figaro
- New Production

April 9, 13, 15, and 17, 2011

Music by W. A. Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
sung in Italian with English subtitles

Mozart’s masterful comedy is a fitting end to the Lyric Opera 2010-2011 season – the final opera in the Lyric Theatre. The Marriage of Figaro was performed by the Company during its first season in the Lyric Theatre (in that day known as the Capri Theatre) in 1970.

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“Sari Gruber was a blazing-voiced firecracker of a Susanna,” - Opera News

The New York Times notes, “Sari Gruber was charming as Susanna.”

Troy Cook returns to the Lyric Opera where he last performed in The Pearl Fishers (2007) when The Kansas City Star noted, “the opera belonged to Cook.”

Lyric Opera veteran Andrew Ganegstad returns to the Lyric Opera as Figaro after a long line of hailed performances with the Company.

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Synopsis

It’s the day of Figaro and Susanna’s wedding, but they might be the only two that want it to happen. Can Figaro outwit the Count and deflect all the distractions to claim his bride? Secret plots and true identities are revealed before nightfall.

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