If Mozart had been asked which of his operas was the most perfect, he surely would have replied, "My Figaro." Indeed, there is not a superfluous note or misplaced phrase in the brilliant work. The ...

In 2015, director Barbara Gaines’ Lyric Opera production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” became the first production of Anthony Freud’s formal tenure as Lyric’s general director.

THUMBNAIL SKETCH: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO recounts a single day of farce – the wedding day of two servants, Figaro, servant to the Count, and his bride-to-be Susanna, servant to the Countess. As they ...

Let no one call these nuptials a “marriage of convenience.” Ending a season of pandemic mayhem with the greatest classical opera buffa (and many say the greatest opera, period) requires crowd control ...