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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Performed in Italian, the University of Aberdeen Opera Society's debut performance is of Mozart's amazingly witty and powerful, 'The Marriage of Figaro'.
The action of The Marriage of Figaro recounts a single "day of madness" (la folle giornata) in the palace of the Count Almaviva near Seville, Spain. Count Almaviva is a scheming, bullying, skirt-chasing baritone. Having gratefully given Figaro a job as head of his servant-staff, he is now persistantly trying to obtain the favors of Figaro's bride-to-be, Susanna. He keeps finding excuses to delay the civil part of the wedding of his two servants, which is arranged for this very day. Figaro, Susanna, and the Countess conspire to embarrass the Count and expose his scheming. He responds by trying to legally compel Figaro to marry a woman old enough to be his mother, but it turns out at the last minute that she really is his mother. Through Figaro's and Susanna's clever manipulations, the Count's love for his Countess is finally restored.
Tickets £8 (adult concession £5 / student & child concession £2) available from the Aberdeen Box Office - http://www.boxofficeaberdeen.com 01224 641122
- Speaker
- Paul Mealor (conductor)
- Venue
- Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen
- Contact
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For more information please contact the Music Office, 003 MacRobert Building
01224 272570