The Marriage of Figaro - Wichita Grand Opera - COMPLETE 

I love it. Been wanting to take my family to the Philharmonic symphony orchestra that plays with cartoons playing on the screen. But it's just too much money for me right now. But if the Lord is willing to bless me,I will

***** Was that a compliment or an insult?

he lives in the world of perpetual Vienna..MORON

And seeming what several European hoses have done to his operas would have him turning in his grave....thank GOD a company keeps to form and DOESN'T interpret!

But the tempi are mostly too fast. The conductor is driven.

I still prefer David McVicar's production at the ROH

hah who

cheers

The is made from wood!

innit I cried

we don't know for sure, aluminum did exist back then.

SailorVVV Oh yes we do. The Bayer Process, that turns Aluminium Hydroxide, obtained from Bauxite into Aluminium wasn't invented until the last quarter of the 19th century. It also requires massive amounts of electricty which was not around in Mozart's day.

If Mozart were in charge of this production, he would have put in an aluminum ladder just to amuse himself.

As they said above - it’s comic opera so I asked Bill and Ted to take me back to when Mozart was alive and I asked him what he thought of the ladder and he said “maxime excellentes!”. I didn’t realize at first he was busting my chops in Latin but then I realized that would be a language both of us would get the concept in. So I thanked Bill and Ted and told them I hope the new movie is the same.

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I believe it is set up in Seville Spain

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will do

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Mozart

www.aria-database.com/translations/figaro.txt

Dude, it's the Wichita Grand Opera, as in Wichita, KS? Not the Metropolitan Opera. Give them a break...

oh yeh. that is so fair to compare Wichita to Te Kanawa at the Glyndbourne. Can you even begin to understand what a great thing it is that this production was mounted in freakin' Kansas? And that they have an obviously large and excited audience? What an ungenerous ass you are.

Danny Berry I guess I must educate you, being the "ungenerous ass" that I am, in what an individual should be able to expect from a "professional" opera troupe, be they from Rome, London, New York, or even the backwater, ill-bred, uneducated doldrums that are apparently what you consider Wichita, Kansas, to be. Regardless of the years of training each individual had to endure in order to perfect his or her craft, there was the inevitable auditioning for the parts, and the endless rehearsals they underwent in order to perform the opera as directed. This was no high school musical. These were professional musicians. You're saying it's acceptable for the residents of Wichita to receive a substandard performance, and that pointing out its flaws is in some way demeaning. To me, that makes you a bigot, saying either that "them thar yokels don't know no better" or that a professionally trained musician's ability to play or sing music that is explicitly written a specific way (and has been for 200+ years) is in doubt just because that musician plays for "them thar yokels." There are few enough individuals who take an individual interest in classical music, in my opinion. As I stated originally, The Marriage of Figaro is by far my favorite. If a curious individual stumbles onto this page and my comment points him or her toward a superior performance - one that he or she has an infinitely better chance of enjoying - then great! I'm sure I won't know about it, but I will have helped engender a better appreciation for some great music. And I will have done it honestly, without worrying about hurting people's feelings because they weren't good enough to be at Glyndbourne. And if that makes me an "ungenerous ass" then so be it. I'm not here to be generous. I'm here to give an honest assessment.

Tim Linda First, you say "Grand" but immediately forget that when talking about their opera. They are professionals. At least give them the respect of expecting a professional performance. For the rest, I think you'll get the gist of it if you read my response to Danny Berry. Since both your responses were similar, I think my reply covers both. Thanks for reading.

Let me clarify my comment. I think this is a beautiful, well orchestrated, well sung opera. I enjoyed it. They did a great job.

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dunno should I ask her?

Italian.

Greg Walker thanks✨

pigs in blankets!!!!!

You DO realize it's in Italian right? Perhaps it will sound better after you hit puberty. It IS adult music after all...

PS: Mozart has been around for around 200 years. Let's see how many people are still listening to what you said / did in 200 years

Well, it is pretty obvious that you didn't listen to this opera, since from the mixed up lyrics you're somewhat quoting, you're approximating the opening lines of Figaro's entrance in The Barber of Seville, by Rossini. At no point in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro was there a repetition of his name such as you describe. Congratulations, though, on remembering some of your old Looney Tunes favorites from childhood. ;-)

Tim Linda I find that comment very ofensive. I'm sixteen and i like this.

i adore The Marriage of Figaro, and I think this is a fine production.

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Wonderful spirited production!

Honestly, what is the point of a comment like this? Does your pretension make you feel better about yourself? It's very true that this is a small city, with what is very likely a tiny arts budget. It's in the middle of America. An optimist could look at this and say that they're doing their very best, and they obviously have an appreciative audience. They are exposing people there to live music, and one of the greatest operas ever written. Even if it is amateurish, why not applaud their enthusiasm and desire to present something beautiful? I guess I really don't understand the point of this kind of criticism.