The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart's buoyant operatic comedy, is built on an infrastructure of political discontent. Although it sheathes its claws in time for a happy ending, this is an opera whose treatment of political inequality and sexual predation can feel strikingly relevant. Is it also an opera about race relations? Could it be? " […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24PM on October 27, 2019