Marriage of Figaro, The

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Marriage of Figaro, The, is a comic opera in four acts by the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Its Italian title is Le Nozze di Figaro. The libretto (text), in Italian, was written by Lorenzo da Ponte and based on the French comedy The Marriage of Figaro (1778) by Pierre de Beaumarchais. The opera was first performed in Vienna on May 1, 1786.

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