Roles: Count Almaviva - Baritone Countess Rosina - Count Almaviva's wife - Soprano Figaro - The Count's servant - Baritone Susanna - Figaro's fiance and Countess Rosina's maid - Soprano Cherubino - A page boy - Mezzo Soprano Doctor Bartolo - Doctor - Bass Marcellina - Doctor Bartolo's housekeeper - Mezzo Soprano Don Basilio - Music Teacher - Tenor Antonio - Gardener - Bass Barbarina - The Gardener's daughter - Soprano Don Curzio - Lawyer - Tenor Villagers, peasants, servants, wedding guests - Chorus ACT 1 In Seville, Figaro and Sussana are getting ready for their wedding and Susanna admits to Figaro that the Count tried to seduce her. Figaro wants to take revenge. In the meantime, Dr. Bartolo and Marcellina run into Susanna. Marcellina and Susanna are rude to each other since they both know that Marcellina wants to marry Figaro. She keeps on reminding Figaro of their contract, by which he is obliged to return the money he had borrowed from her or othe
What does Le Nozze di Figaro mean? Le Nozze di Figaro is translated as "The Marriage of Figaro". Who composed the opera Le Nozze di Figaro ? The opera was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and set to the libretto (words/text) by Lorenzo Da Ponte. The opera is based on the play "Le Marriage of Figaro" written by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais in 1784. When was the opera first performed? The opera was first performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna on the 1st of May 1786. Who were the lead singers of the first production? The lead singers of the first production of Le Nozze di Figaro were very young. Susanna was performed by 21 year old Nancy Storace, Cherubino was sung by a 23 years old, Basilio was performed by a 24 years old and the Countess was performed by a singer in her 20's. Barbarina, was performed by a 12 year old singer, who later performed as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. Figaro and the other basses were performed by 40 year old&