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.
Petteri Salomaa
In 1983 Salomaa made his professional opera debut at the Finnish National Opera (FNO) as Figaro in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro". In 1985 he made his debut at the Wexford Festival Opera as the King of Scotland in Handel's "Ariodante". He had several major critical successes in performances of Mozart operas at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre in Stockholm, including performances of Leporello in "Don Giovanni" (1986), Figaro (1987), Nardo in "La Finta Giardiniera" (1988). In 1988 he made his debut at the Dutch National Opera as Masetto in "Don Giovanni" and Papageno in "The Magic Flute". In 1989 he sang Figaro for his debuts at Theater Freiburg and the Michigan Opera Theater. He remained committed to Theater Freiburg through 1991 as a principal artist.