Wolfgang Mozart’s (Le nozze di Figaro)

HISTORY

Premiere May 1, 1786, , with the following cast: Figaro, ; Susanna, ; Countess, Luisa Laschi; Count, Stefano Mandini; Cherubino, Dorotea Bussani; Marcellina, Maria Mandini; Bartolo and Antonio, Francesco Bussani; Basilio and Curzio, ; Barbarina, .

American Premiere New York, 1824.

Last performed by WNO March – April 2001, conducted by Heinz Fricke and directed by José Luís Castro, with the following cast: Figaro, and ; Susanna, and Angela Turner Wilson; Countess, Jennifer Casey Cabot and Tatiana Paylovskaya; Count, Jorge Lagunes and José Julian Frontal; Cherubino, Kristine Jepson and Cecilia Díaz; Marcellina, Carla Rae Cook; Bartolo, William Parcher; Basilio, Robert Baker; Barbarina, Randa Rouweyha.

Additional And Works

Apollo et Hyacinthus , May 13, 1767, University of , May 1, 1769, Archbishop’s Court, Salzburg , 1768, Vienna Mitridate, Rè di Ponto , December 26, 1770, Ducal, Milan , October 17, 1771, Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan , May 1, 1772, Archiepiscopal Residence, Salzburg Lucio , December 26, 1772, Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan , January 13, 1775, Redoutensaal, München Il Rè Pastore , April 23, 1775, Archiepiscopal Residence, Salzburg , January 27, 1866, Frankfurt (incomplete) , January 29, 1871, Court Theatre, München Die Entführung aus dem Serail , July 16, 1872, Burgtheater, Wien L’Oca del Cairo , April 1860, Frankfurt (fragment) Lo Sposo Deluso , 1784 (fragment) , February 7, 1786, Schönbrunn Palace, Wien Le Nozze di Figaro , May 1, 1786, Burgtheater, Wien , October 29, 1787, Nationaltheater, Praha Così Fan Tutte , January 26, 1790, Burgtheater, Wien Washington National www.dc-opera.org 202.295.2400 · 800.US.OPERA

La Clemenza di Tito , September 6, 1791, Nationaltheater, Praha Die Zauberflöte , September 30, 1791, Theater auf der Wieden, Wien

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