// Mozart //
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Friday, April 4, 2025 at 7:30PM
Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 2:00PM
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO runs approximately 3 hours including one intermission.
Performed in Italian with English translations projected above the stage.
OPERA OVERVIEW
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Based on the play, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro (“The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro”) by Pierre Beaumarchais
World premiere: Vienna, Burgtheater, May 1, 1786
US premiere: New York City, Park Theater, May 10, 1824 (in English)
Comedic capers and uproarious antics take center stage as Mozart’s classic opera battle of the sexes and the classes returns to NCO. Follow Figaro, the cunning confidant, and Susanna, the sly servant, as they navigate a maze of matrimonial mayhem and mischief. With hilarious hijinks and a sensational score, the “greatest opera ever written” will have you rolling in the aisles!
MORE DETAILS
- College student tickets are $15 and can be purchased online, or by calling the NCO Box Office at 919.792.3853. A valid student ID must be presented at will-call to pick up tickets. Limit of 2 tickets per ID.
- Audio Description will be available for the Friday, April 4th performance, provided by Arts Access.
- Ticketholders for the Friday evening performance are invited to come early for a free, pre-show lecture presented by Carl Grapentine of WFMT in Chicago. The talk will begin at 6:40PM ahead of the 7:30PM, April 4th performance.
QUESTIONS? We’re here to help! Call the Box Office at 919.792.3853.
THE ARTISTS
Aaron Breid
Conductor
Chas Rader-Shieber
Director
Wm. Clay Thompson
Figaro
Cadie J. Bryan
Susanna
Kathryn Henry
Countess Almaviva
Theo Hoffman
Count Almaviva
Stephanie Foley Davis
Cherubino
Adam Lau
Dr. Bartolo
Lucia Bradford
Marcellina
Scott Wichael
Don Basilio/Don Curzio
Bailey Sutton
Barbarina
Donald Hartmann
Antonio
SUPPORTED BY
This production is generously underwritten by Rosemarie Sweeney and C. Thomas Kunz.
No refunds. All sales final. Casting subject to change.
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