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Le nozze di Figaro

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(The Marriage of Figaro) An opera in four acts
Libretto by LORENZO DA PONTE Music by Mozart (sung in Italian)
A story about masters and their servants, and the complications arising out of their relationships with one another.
CHORUS OF VIENNA STATE OPERA chorus-master
WALTER HAGENGROLL VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
(Austrian Radio recording from this year's Salzburg Festival)
9.10* A Question of Class?
BERNARD WILLIAMS, Knight-bridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, discusses the social and emotional complexities of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro.
9.30* Le nozze di Figaro Acts 3 and 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Chorus-Master:
Walter Hagengroll Vienna
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan
Source: Radio Times

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