Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte and Pierre Beaumarchais; the composer, librettist and playwright responsible for the first of the three Mozart/da Ponte collaborations, La Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] K. 492, written in 1786.
The Beaumarchais play is entitled La Folle Journée [The Mad Day] and subtitled Le Mariage de Figaro and, as you will surely have guessed, the actions of both play and opera take place during the course of a single day.
A chance to explore the whole work:
This is the Glyndebourne production of 1994 with a very distinguished cast. It’s now 30 years old but is aging very well…
0:55 Overture
Act I
5:18 Cinque…dieci…
8:50 Se a caso madama la notte to chiama
14:28 Se vuol ballare
18:20 La vendetta
22:10 Via resti servita
26:22 Non so più cosa son
32:55 Cosa sento! Tosto andate
38:26 Giovani liete
43:01 Non più andrai
Act II
47:01 Porgi, amor
56:48 Voi che sapete
1:01:04 Venite, inginocchiatevi
1:08:49 Susanna, or via sortite!
1:13:10 Aprite, presto aprite
1:16:07 Esci omai, garzon malnato
Act III 1:37:40
1:40:38 Crudel! Perchè finora
1:44:11 Hai già vinta la causa!… Vedrò mentr’io sospiro
1:49:56 E Susanna non vien!…Dove sono i bei momenti
2:07:57 Sull’aria
Act IV 2:22:02
2:41:37 Deh vieni non tardar
Libretto (with English translation)
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