Mozart’s opera ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ premiered in Vienna 230 years ago today (May 1 1786)


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(Monday May 1, 1786)The Marriage of Figaro, an opera buffa (comic opera) in four acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte, premiered today at the Burgtheater in Vienna.