LA Opera Talk: The Marriage of Figaro September 19, 2010

L.A. Opera will present a free audio-visual presentation of Mozart’s comic masterpiece, The Marriage of Figaro, as part of their ongoing LA Opera Talk series at Crowell Public Library. Whether a hardcore opera aficionado or a curious novice, attendees will be delightfully entertained and encouraged to ask questions and offer comments. One might even be inspired to make a trip to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the full production conducted by Placido Domingo.
The opera is set in Seville in the late 18th Century. It is a sequel to The Barber of Seville, which LA Opera performed in November of 2009, so some of the characters will ring a bell for those patrons who attended the Barber Opera Talk: Count Almaviva, with substantial help from Figaro, wooed and won the lovely Rosine who became his wife, but their marriage has gone sour because of his philandering. Figaro has quit barbering and is now the Count's major-domo. He is engaged to Suzanne, who is the Count's intended conquest.
“Sublime mayhem and mischief on a midsummer’s day…” http://www.laopera.com/
And there’s more to come:

October 17: Wagner’s Lohengrin
November 21: Verdi’s Rigoletto
Make Crowell Library your LA Opera gateway!