For more than 200 years, Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” and Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” have been among the best-known operas in the world, with comical stories and lively music ...

Many years ago, I brought a friend of mine to a Marriage of Figaro in my hometown of Ann Arbor. He was the captain of the University of Michigan golf team. After the overture, he turned to me and said ...

There are two performances left—tonight and Saturday—of the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” with its current cast and James Levine conducting. My colleague ...

His sweet notes often permeate every concert hall like clouds of perfumed incense. Except for the odd sombre piece, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart may well be the mascot of good cheer, his music light and ...

The famous overture to one of Mozart's most celebrated operas opens with a busy whispering and buzzing, which suddenly bursts into trumpets and drums. This blows away the opening cobwebs and captures ...

A guide to Mozart's beloved opera The Marriage of Figaro ...

It’s not more of the same-old, same-old!” This enthusiastically expressed view from an audience member at the interval just about sums up Louisa Muller’s production – modern without imposing too much ...