Enjoy a performance of The Marriage of Figaro in a relaxed environment.
Designed with slight adaptations, for anyone who may benefit from a theatre experience without complete silence and darkness, this performance of The Marriage of Figaro brings you comedy from a country house.
It’s supposed to be the happiest day of Figaro and Susanna’s lives, but this is opera, so there’s plenty of time for some plot twists before they say ‘I do’. With Count Almaviva looking set to make a move on the bride-to-be, the young couple must hatch a clever plan to secure their happy ending. Cue a whirlwind of secret scheming and surprise revelations.
This brand-new production of The Marriage of Figaro re-imagines the mischief in a typical modern country home. Mozart’s music, performed live by the Orchestra of Opera North, fizzes with fun and explores the depths of emotion. It all adds up to an invitation that’s too good to turn down.
Alternatively, for those looking for more traditional performances, those can be found here.
Supported by Laidlaw Opera Trust.
For groups bookings, please contact our box office on 0113 223 3600 or email boxoffice@operanorth.co.uk
Start time
1pm
Running time
Approximately 3 hours 15 minutes, including one interval
Language
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Buy your programme in advance
Digital (£4) or printed (£6 + £2.50 postage)
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Our relaxed performances are slightly adapted to ensure a theatre experience that is inclusive and welcoming for all, without complete silence and darkness.
The performances are designed for anyone with sensory communication needs, neurodivergence, learning disabilities, and anyone else who may benefit from this adapted experience. For example, people who may need to leave and return to their seat or access the toilets during the performance.
You can contact our friendly box office team with any questions, to book by phone or to request extra space next to seats on 0113 223 3600 or boxoffice@operanorth.co.uk
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Figaro and Susanna, both servants to Count Almaviva, are soon to be married. Susanna is worried that the Count will exercise his feudal right to bed any of his servant girls before the night of their wedding but Figaro vows to outmanoeuvre the Count’s advances.
The old house keeper Marcellina demands that Figaro repay his overdue loan. She reminds him that he had vowed to marry her if unable to pay.
The Count’s page, Cherubino asks Susanna for help. The Count had caught him with the gardener’s daughter and as punishment, intends to send him away for military service.
Figaro sends an anonymous letter to the Count, warning him of adulterers, in the hopes of distracting him during the wedding that evening.
The Countess is lamenting her husband’s infidelity when Susanna arrives with Cherubino, planning to disguise him as a woman and entrap the Count in an act of infidelity. As they are finding a dress for him, the Count suddenly appears, highly suspicious after reading Figaro’s letter. Cherubino only just escapes.
Marcellina arrives to demand that Figaro honours his promise and marry her. The Count happily announces that the wedding is postponed until Figaro’s debt is resolved.
The Count orders Figaro to honour his promise and marry Marcellina. However, Figaro argues that he cannot marry without the permission of his parents, which he cannot obtain because he was stolen from them as a baby. Marcellina comes to realise that Figaro is in fact her own long-lost son. Everybody rejoices and Figaro’s debt is called off.
Susanna and the Countess hatch a plan of their own to entrap the Count. They send him a letter, inviting him to meet Susanna that night in the garden…
The Countess and Susanna swap clothes in order to fool the Count. When he arrives in the garden and sees his wife disguised as Susanna, he declares his love for her. Figaro arrives and recognises his bride disguised as the Countess. The Count witnesses Figaro proudly declaring his love to her and fooled by the disguise, shouts for the guards.
Everybody flocks to the commotion, as the Count demands that Figaro be arrested for seducing his wife. Suddenly the real Countess appears, revealing her true identity and the Count realising he’s been caught red-handed begs for forgiveness…
Figaro
Susanna
Countess Almaviva
Count Almaviva
Cherubino
Doctor Bartolo
Don Basilio
Marcellina
Antonio
Barbarina
Conductor
Director
Choreographer
Set & Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
