The Barber of Seville / The Marriage of Figaro / The Guilty Mother
Author: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Eighteenth-century France produced only one truly international theater star, Beaumarchais, and only one name, Figaro, to combine with Don Quixote and D’Artagnan in the ranks of popular myth. But who was Figaro? He was quickly appropriated by Mozart and Rossini who tamed the original impertinent, bustling servant for their own purposes. On the eve of the French Revolution….Read More
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