What is The Marriage of Figaro?
{{more sources|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox opera | name = The Marriage of Figaro | translated_name = | native_name = ''Le nozze di Figaro'' | native_name_lang = it | image = Mozart drawing Doris Stock 1789.jpg | image_size = 220px | alt = | caption = Portrait by Doris Stock, 1789 | genre = [[Opera buffa]] in 4 acts | other_name = | composer = [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] | librettist = [[Lorenzo Da Ponte]] | language = Italian | based_on = ''[[The Marriage of Figaro (play)|The Marriage of Figaro]]'' by [[Pierre Beaumarchais]] | premiere_date = | premiere_location = Burgtheater<br />[[Vienna]]<br />1 May 1786 | other = | website = }} '''''Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata''''' (''The Marriage of Figaro, or The Day of Madness'') is an [[opera buffa]] with music by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. [[Lorenzo Da Ponte]] wrote the Italian [[libretto]] (the text of the opera). The opera [[wikt:premiere#Verb|premiered]] at the Burgtheater, [[Vienna]] on 1 May, 1786. It was well received and nearly every scene received an [[Encore (concert)|encore]], which made the performance really long. The [[Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor]] did not like how long the perfomance was and wanted it to stop.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Ashley|url=http://www.operagr.org/the-opera-that-received-encores-for-almost-every-scene/|title=The opera that received encores for almost every scene {{!}} Opera Grand Rapids|website=Opera Grand Rapids|language=en-US|date=2018-02-15|access-date=2018-02-26}}</ref> The opera is based on the 1784 French [[play (theatre)|play]], ''[[The Marriage of Figaro (play)|''La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro]]'' by [[Pierre Beaumarchais]]. The play was very controversial in its day (and even banned briefly in France). But, Da Ponte removed the play's questionable material and the Viennese [[censor]]s approved the opera. ==Cast== * Count Almaviva * Coun