The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro (, ), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786. The opera's libretto is based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, "La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro" ("The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro"), which was first performed in 1784. It tells how the servants Figaro and Susanna succeed in getting married, foiling the efforts of their philandering employer Count Almaviva to seduce Susanna and teaching him a lesson in fidelity.
Italo Tajo
Tajo made relatively few recordings, the most famous being the 1950 RCA Victor "Rigoletto", with Leonard Warren, Erna Berger and Jan Peerce, conducted by Renato Cellini. He also recorded "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Don Giovanni" for Cetra. He can also be heard in live broadcasts of "Macbeth", opposite Maria Callas, conducted by Victor de Sabata; and the Florence "War and Peace".