A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Nozze di Figaro, Le

NOZZE DI FIGARO, LE. Opera buffa by Mozart, in 4 acts; the libretto by L. da Ponte after Beaumarchais' 'Mariage de Figaro,' on Mozart's own suggestion. It is dated, in Mozart's Autograph Catalogue, Vienna, April 29, 1876 [App. p.732 "1786"], and the first performance took place at the National Theatre, Vienna, May 1. In Paris as 'Le Mariage de Figaro,' in 5 acts, with Beaumarchais' spoken dialogue, at Académie, March 20, 1793; at Théatre Lyrique, as 'Les Noces de Figaro,' by Barbier and Carré, in 4 acts, May 8, 1858. In London, in Italian, at the King's Theatre, June 18, 1812.

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