The Marriage of Figaro

1994

By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. With libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte in a new translation by Tony Britten and Nicholas Broadhurst. Transmitted in three parts, this is the story of a sex-mad Eurocrat who's trying to sleep with his servant, his frustrated aristocratic wife and her toy-boy, and a love-child who's forced into marriage with his own mother, not to mention cross-dressing, blackmail and a death-defying leap from a second-floor window.

Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 1994

1. Episode 1

This is the story of a sex-mad Eurocrat who's trying to sleep with his servant, his frustrated aristocratic wife and her toyboy, and a lovechild who'sforced into marriage with his own mother, not to mention crossdressing, blackmail and a death-defying leap from a second-floor window.

2. Episode 2

Susanna is locked in the bathroom, someone has been writing anonymous letters, and Cherubino is wearing a dress.

3. Episode 3

Figaro is supposed to be marrying Susanna tonight - so why is she flirting with his boss? And how can he find a fast way out of his contract to marry the battleaxe Marcellina?