Libretto
Lorenzo da Ponte (after the comedy "La folle journée" ou "Le mariage de Figaro" de Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais)
Premiere
1 May 1786, Vienna (Burgtheater)
Cast
CONTE DI ALMAVIVA (baritone)
LA CONTESSA DI ALMAVIVA (soprano)
SUSANNA (soprano)
FIGARO (bass)
CHERUBINO (soprano or mezzo-soprano)
MARCELLINA (mezzo-soprano)
BARTOLO (bass)
BASILIO (tenor)
DON CURZIO (tenor)
BARBARINA (soprano)
ANTONIO (bass)
CHORUS
peasants and the count's tenants
Place
Time
1780