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The Marriage of Figaro: Character Map
The Marriage of Figaro: Roles
| Count Almaviva | baritone | |
| Countess Rosina Almaviva | the Count’s wife | soprano |
| Susanna | the Countess’s maid | soprano |
| Figaro | the Count’s valet | bass |
| Cherubino | the Count’s page | soprano |
| Marcellina | Bartolo’s housekeeper | soprano |
| Bartolo | doctor | bass |
| Basilio | music teacher | tenor |
| Barbarina | Antonio’s daughter | soprano |
| Antonio | the Count’s gardener | bass |
| Don Curzio | judge | tenor |
- Native title: Le nozze di Figaro
- Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Librettist: Lorenzo Da Ponte
- Based on: La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro by Pierre Beaumarchais
- Language: Italian
- Premiere: May 1, 1786, Burgtheater, Vienna
- Running time: 2 hours 55 minutes (Act 1: 50 minutes, Act 2: 45 minutes, Act 3: 40 minutes, Act 4: 40 minutes)
The Marriage of Figaro: Short Synopsis
Figaro and Susanna are about to be married. The Count gives them a room. Figaro is pleased, but Susanna tells Figaro that the Count wants to make a move on her. Upon hearing this, Figaro hatches a plan to outwit the Count and get him to agree to their marriage. However, there is a hitch in the plot, and the Countess finds herself in a tight spot. The Countess and Susanna execute a new plan to humiliate the Count. The plan succeeds. The Count apologizes to the Countess and is granted forgiveness by her.