Media contact: Martin A Mbugua, (302) 831-8749, [mbugua@udel.edu]
The University of Delaware Opera Theatre will open its much-anticipated third season with Mozart's timeless masterpiece The Marriage of Figaro.
The opera will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 13-14, and at 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 15, in the Thompson Theatre of the Roselle Center for the Arts on Orchard Road in Newark.
Tickets cost $21, $17 for senior citizens and $7 for students. For advance tickets, call (302) 831-2204.
In The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart's magical music meets the dramatic genius of librettist Lorenzo da Ponte with riotous results in what would be the first of three legendary collaborations, including Cosi fan tutte and Don Giovanni.
Based on an 18th century French play, but set in Seville, The Marriage of Figaro chronicles the eventful wedding day of two clever peasants. It sounds so simple and sweet, but a philandering count, a tormented wife, some excitable adolescents and a few surprises turn the day into an adventure.
