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Field name | Value |
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Title | The Marriage of Figaro |
Date | 25 Feb 1819 |
Licence Application Date | 25 Feb 1819 |
First Performance Date | 6 Mar 1819 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA2077 |
Language | English |
Document Description | Libretto based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La Folle Journee. |
Theme | Opera Royalty & Aristocracy |
Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
Theatre Manager | Fawcett, John |
Lord Chamberlain | Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford) |
Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
Genre | Comic Opera |
Acts | Three |
Geographical Setting | Seville, Spain |
Keywords | opera humour castle nobility servant revenge marriage |
Additional Information | Dated by Larpent 28 February. Compared to Henry R. Bishop’s version, 1819 here are a few notable discrepancies. See LA 675. |
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