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Stylish 1930s glamour for (Check local listings). If you love Mozart and the grace and glamour of the 1930s, then this is the production for you.
Director Richard Eyre stages this opera in a stately manor of the 1930s. Instead of www.moncleroutleton.com the courtly frocks and downs, we have tuxes, double breasted suits, ladies in midcalf length dresses and maids in stylish uniforms. All is set before the streamlined art deco influenced set design.
Met music director James Levine, keeps the music flowing as the action creates harmony and disharmony between two couples. The action takes place in one day, taking place years after the events of "The Barber of Seville," the comic opera by Giovanni Paisiello (1782) and is based on a French play by Pierre Beaumarchais. "The Marriage of Figaro" opera is based on the Beauchmarchais' stage comedy "La Folle Journe, ou le Mariage de Figaro" (1784).

Mozart's opera with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte premiered in 1786. The one day of madness takes place in Count Almaviva's palace outside of Seville, Spain. Dr. Bartolo had wanted to marry Rosina, but in the previous play, "The Barber of Seville," his intentions were thwarted by Figaro and Rosina married the Count.