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The Marriage of Figaro 1967

August 11 - 19, 1967

A Count with roving eyes…

…for Figaro’s young bride-to-be is thwarted at every turn by conniving servants and a forgiving wife.

Music By
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto By
Lorenzo da Ponte
Based on the play By
Beaumarchais
English Version By
Ruth and Thomas Martin

Synopsis

Act I

Figaro, valet to Count Almaviva, and Susanna, maid to the Countess, are discussing their forthcoming marriage while they measure a room which has been assigned to them for use after the event. Meanwhile, Marcellina and Dr. Bartolo are hatching a blackmail plot in which Marcellina would win Figaro, who owes her money, as her husband. Cherubino, who loves the Countess, comes to Susanna to ask her intervention with the Countess to help him be re-instated as the Count’s page. In the midst of this, the Count arrives and Cherubino is forced to hide. The Count begins advances to Susanna, is interrupted by Don Basilio, and hides behind a chair. However, he is enraged by Basilio’s conversation and re-appears, much to Basilio’s delight. The Count then relates a story of finding Cherubino in Barbarina’s rooms and, in the course of this storytelling, uncovers Cherubino, who has been hiding in the chair. The Count, in a dreadful state, banishes Cherubino to a far-off regiment and Figaro and Susanna tease the elegant Cherubino about his coming life in the army.

Artists

Donald Gramm

Donald Gramm

Bass-baritone

Figaro

Doris Yarick

Soprano

Susanna

Saramae Endich

Saramae Endich

Soprano

Countess Almaviva

Helen Vanni

Helen Vanni

Mezzo-soprano

Cherubino

William Justus

Baritone

Count Almaviva

Clarity James

Clarity James

Mezzo-soprano

Marcellina

Gimi Beni

Gimi Beni

Bass-baritone

Bartolo

Nico Castel

Nico Castel

Tenor

Don Basilio

John West

Tenor

Antonio

Gary Glaze

Tenor

Don Curzio

Linda Phillips

Soprano

Barbarina

Claire Brooks

Soprano

Peasant Girl

Judith Curtis

Mezzo-soprano

Peasant Girl

Robert Baustian

Robert Baustian

Conductor

Carolyn Lockwood-Busch

Director

Lawrence Reehling

Scenic Designer

Henry Heymann

Henry Heymann

Designer

Costume Designer

Georg Schreiber

Lighting Designer

Thatcher Clarke

Choreographer

Martin Smith

Chorus Master