Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) HISTORY Premiere May 1, 1786, Burgtheater, Vienna with the following cast: Figaro, Francesco Benucci; Susanna, Nancy Storace; Countess, Luisa Laschi; Count, Stefano Mandini; Cherubino, Dorotea Bussani; Marcellina, Maria Mandini; Bartolo and Antonio, Francesco Bussani; Basilio and Curzio, Michael Kelly; Barbarina, Anna Gottlieb. 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, Erwin Schrott and Simone Alberghini; Susanna, Anna Netrebko 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 Operas And Works Apollo et Hyacinthus , May 13, 1767, University of Salzburg La Finta Semplice , May 1, 1769, Archbishop’s Court, Salzburg Bastien und Bastienne , 1768, Vienna Mitridate, Rè di Ponto , December 26, 1770, Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan Ascanio in Alba , October 17, 1771, Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan Il Sogno di Scipione , May 1, 1772, Archiepiscopal Residence, Salzburg Lucio Silla , December 26, 1772, Teatro Regio Ducal, Milan La Finta Giardiniera , January 13, 1775, Redoutensaal, München Il Rè Pastore , April 23, 1775, Archiepiscopal Residence, Salzburg Zaide , January 27, 1866, Frankfurt (incomplete) Idomeneo , 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) Der Schauspieldirektor , February 7, 1786, Schönbrunn Palace, Wien Le Nozze di Figaro , May 1, 1786, Burgtheater, Wien Don Giovanni , October 29, 1787, Nationaltheater, Praha Così Fan Tutte , January 26, 1790, Burgtheater, Wien Washington National Opera 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 Washington National Opera www.dc-opera.org 202.295.2400 · 800.US.OPERA .