Marriage of Figaro by W. A. Mozart: A play (opera) analysis/summary
The Marriage of Figaro by W. A. Mozart The Marriage of Figaro is a classic opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart consisting of four acts based on romcom including love, revenge, and deception made in the year 1786. The music opening called the ‘Overture’ and the aria ‘Non più andrai’ is a huge hit over the centuries. Act 1 curtain opens in an old unmaintained room and Susanna, the countess's maid, and Figaro, the personal valet to the count, talk about their future wedding but the topic moves to how his fiancé Susanna feels unsafe due to the advances of Count Almaviva towards her and how a feudal law around the 1800s allowed feudal Lords to have sexual intercourse on the wedding night before the husband can do so. He apparently had abolished the law, but plans to bring it back just for his bad intentions with Susanna. Marcellina, a housekeeper talks about suing Figaro for not paying a loan back. As part of comedy (agreement), he should either return it or marry her and Bartolo,...