The Marriage of Figaro (play)
The play formed the basis for an opera with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte and music by Mozart, also called "The Marriage of Figaro" (1786). In 1799, another opera based on the same play, "La pazza giornata, ovvero Il matrimonio di Figaro", was produced in Venice with libretto by Gaetano Rossi and music by Marcos Portugal.
Adolphe Deloffre
As principal conductor at the Théâtre-Lyrique he conducted an important series of revivals of Mozart operas, starting with "The Marriage of Figaro" (as "Les noces de Figaro") in May 1858 (he also conducted the premiere at the Opéra-Comique in 1872), then in May 1859 "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" (as "L’Enlèvement au Sérail"), "Così fan tutte" (as "Peines d’Amours perdues") in March 1863, "The Magic Flute" (as "La flute enchantée") in February 1865, and "Don Giovanni" (as "Don Juan" in a translation by Henri Trianon) in 1866.