In 2015, director Barbara Gaines’ Lyric Opera production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” became the first production of Anthony Freud’s formal tenure as Lyric’s general director.

“This is not a stylized production.” So claims director Barbara Gaines in the program notes of her gaudy, tasteless excuse for Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, which opened Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 61st ...

THUMBNAIL SKETCH: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO recounts a single day of farce – the wedding day of two servants, Figaro, servant to the Count, and his bride-to-be Susanna, servant to the Countess. As they ...

Houston Grand Opera’s upcoming production of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” represents an excellent opportunity for opera newcomers to start at the top. To artistic and music director Patrick ...

Modernized interpretations of The Marriage of Figaro have recast the title character as a doorman at Trump Tower, a staffer for a member of the European Parliament, a migrant worker in California. But ...

Barbara Gaines was giving me a peek at the luminous set and sumptuous costumes that grace her new production of “The Marriage of Figaro,” which will open the Lyric Opera season Saturday night at the ...

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