The Marriage of Figaro

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The Marriage of Figaro
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Portrait by Doris Stock, 1789
Genre	Opera buffa in 4 acts
Native title	Le nozze di Figaro
Librettist	Lorenzo Da Ponte
Language	Italian
Based on	The Marriage of Figaro by Pierre Beaumarchais
Premiere	Burgtheater Vienna 1 May 1786

Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata (The Marriage of Figaro, or The Day of Madness) is an opera buffa with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Lorenzo Da Ponte wrote the Italian libretto (the text of the opera). The opera premiered at the Burgtheater, Vienna on 1 May, 1786. It was well received and nearly every scene received an encore, which made the performance really long. The Emperor did not like how long the perfomance was and wanted it to stop.^[1]

The opera is based on the 1784 French play, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro by Pierre Beaumarchais. The play was very controversial in its day (and even banned briefly in France). But, Da Ponte removed the play's questionable material and the Viennese censors approved the opera.

1. ↑ Roberts, Ashley (2018-02-15). "The opera that received encores for almost every scene | Opera Grand Rapids". Opera Grand Rapids. Retrieved 2018-02-26.