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The Marriage of Figaro is a lot of fun

The Marriage of Figaro is a lot of fun

Robert Tanitch reviews ENO’s The Marriage of Figaro at London Coliseum Can Figaro stop his master, Count Almaviva, from exercising his rights (droit du seigneur) and bedding his bride before he does? ...
Fiona Shaw directs Mozart’s opera

Fiona Shaw directs Mozart’s opera

Robert Tanitch reviews ENO’s The Marriage of Figaro at London Coliseum King Louis XV1 banned Beaumarchais’ Marriage of Figaro in 1778, finding the attacks on the social order and the mockery of author ...