Le Mariage de Figaro ou la Folle Journée, est une comédie en cinq actes de Beaumarchais écrite en 1778, dont la première représentation officielle eut lieu le 27 avril 1784 au théâtre de l'Odéon, après plusieurs années de censure. Chef-d’œuvre du théâtre français et international, la pièce est considérée, par sa dénonciation des privilèges archaïques de la noblesse, comme l’un des signes avant-coureurs de la Révolution française.
L’un des moments forts de la pièce est le monologue de Figaro (acte V, scène 3), d'ailleurs le plus long de l'Histoire du Théâtre français, dont un passage qui résume à merveille les griefs accumulés contre la noblesse, incarnée par le comte Almaviva, quelques années avant la Révolution :
« Parce que vous êtes un grand Seigneur, vous vous croyez un grand génie !... Noblesse, fortune, un rang, des places : tout cela rend si fier ! Qu’avez-vous fait pour tant de biens ? Vous vous êtes donné la peine de naître, et rien de plus... »
Deux ans après sa première représentation, la pièce a été adaptée en opéra par Mozart et Lorenzo da Ponte sous le titre Le nozze di Figaro (Les Noces de Figaro)
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The Marriage of Figaro is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais. This play is the second installment in the Figaro Trilogy, preceded by The Barber of Seville and followed by The Guilty Mother. The Barber begins the story with a simple love triangle in which the Count has fallen head-over-heels in love with Rosine. He disguises himself to ensure that she will love him back for his character, not his wallet. But, this is all foiled when Rosine’s guardian, Doctor Bartholo, puts her on “house arrest” so that he will have her hand in marriage. The Count runs into an ex-servant (now barber) of his, Figaro, and pressures him into setting up a meeting between the Count and Rosine. He succeeds and the love birds are married to end the first installment.
Beaumarchais said in his preface to the play that it was Louis François, Prince of Conti who requested that this sequel to The Barber of Seville be written. Its denouncement of aristocratic privilege has been characterised as foreshadowing the French Revolution.
The entire trilogy is loosely based on commedia dell’arte structures, including the characters. Figaro is played as a Brighella-type, a zanni-stock character who, when played as a servant, either serves his master dutifully (as in Barber) or looks for every opportunity to make him out for a fool (as in Marriage). Figaro’s ingenuity served as a symbol of class action against the aristocracy.
Thanks to the great popularity of its predecessor, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro opened to enormous success; it reportedly grossed 100,000 francs in the first twenty showings and the theatre was so packed that three people were crushed to death by the opening-night crowd. The play formed the basis for an opera by Mozart, also called The Marriage of Figaro.
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L’un des moments forts de la pièce est le monologue de Figaro (acte V, scène 3), d'ailleurs le plus long de l'Histoire du Théâtre français, dont un passage qui résume à merveille les griefs accumulés contre la noblesse, incarnée par le comte Almaviva, quelques années avant la Révolution :
« Parce que vous êtes un grand Seigneur, vous vous croyez un grand génie !... Noblesse, fortune, un rang, des places : tout cela rend si fier ! Qu’avez-vous fait pour tant de biens ? Vous vous êtes donné la peine de naître, et rien de plus... »
Deux ans après sa première représentation, la pièce a été adaptée en opéra par Mozart et Lorenzo da Ponte sous le titre Le nozze di Figaro (Les Noces de Figaro)
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The Marriage of Figaro is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais. This play is the second installment in the Figaro Trilogy, preceded by The Barber of Seville and followed by The Guilty Mother. The Barber begins the story with a simple love triangle in which the Count has fallen head-over-heels in love with Rosine. He disguises himself to ensure that she will love him back for his character, not his wallet. But, this is all foiled when Rosine’s guardian, Doctor Bartholo, puts her on “house arrest” so that he will have her hand in marriage. The Count runs into an ex-servant (now barber) of his, Figaro, and pressures him into setting up a meeting between the Count and Rosine. He succeeds and the love birds are married to end the first installment.
Beaumarchais said in his preface to the play that it was Louis François, Prince of Conti who requested that this sequel to The Barber of Seville be written. Its denouncement of aristocratic privilege has been characterised as foreshadowing the French Revolution.
The entire trilogy is loosely based on commedia dell’arte structures, including the characters. Figaro is played as a Brighella-type, a zanni-stock character who, when played as a servant, either serves his master dutifully (as in Barber) or looks for every opportunity to make him out for a fool (as in Marriage). Figaro’s ingenuity served as a symbol of class action against the aristocracy.
Thanks to the great popularity of its predecessor, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro opened to enormous success; it reportedly grossed 100,000 francs in the first twenty showings and the theatre was so packed that three people were crushed to death by the opening-night crowd. The play formed the basis for an opera by Mozart, also called The Marriage of Figaro.
LE MARIAGE DE FIGARO (Edition NOOK Speciale Version Francaise) Beaumarchais The Marriage of Figaro by Beaumarchais (French Language Version) by BEAUMARCHAIS [Beaumarchais Complete Works Collection / Oeuvres Completes de Beaumarchais]
Le Mariage de Figaro ou la Folle Journée, est une comédie en cinq actes de Beaumarchais écrite en 1778, dont la première représentation officielle eut lieu le 27 avril 1784 au théâtre de l'Odéon, après plusieurs années de censure. Chef-d’œuvre du théâtre français et international, la pièce est considérée, par sa dénonciation des privilèges archaïques de la noblesse, comme l’un des signes avant-coureurs de la Révolution française.
L’un des moments forts de la pièce est le monologue de Figaro (acte V, scène 3), d'ailleurs le plus long de l'Histoire du Théâtre français, dont un passage qui résume à merveille les griefs accumulés contre la noblesse, incarnée par le comte Almaviva, quelques années avant la Révolution :
« Parce que vous êtes un grand Seigneur, vous vous croyez un grand génie !... Noblesse, fortune, un rang, des places : tout cela rend si fier ! Qu’avez-vous fait pour tant de biens ? Vous vous êtes donné la peine de naître, et rien de plus... »
Deux ans après sa première représentation, la pièce a été adaptée en opéra par Mozart et Lorenzo da Ponte sous le titre Le nozze di Figaro (Les Noces de Figaro)
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The Marriage of Figaro is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais. This play is the second installment in the Figaro Trilogy, preceded by The Barber of Seville and followed by The Guilty Mother. The Barber begins the story with a simple love triangle in which the Count has fallen head-over-heels in love with Rosine. He disguises himself to ensure that she will love him back for his character, not his wallet. But, this is all foiled when Rosine’s guardian, Doctor Bartholo, puts her on “house arrest” so that he will have her hand in marriage. The Count runs into an ex-servant (now barber) of his, Figaro, and pressures him into setting up a meeting between the Count and Rosine. He succeeds and the love birds are married to end the first installment.
Beaumarchais said in his preface to the play that it was Louis François, Prince of Conti who requested that this sequel to The Barber of Seville be written. Its denouncement of aristocratic privilege has been characterised as foreshadowing the French Revolution.
The entire trilogy is loosely based on commedia dell’arte structures, including the characters. Figaro is played as a Brighella-type, a zanni-stock character who, when played as a servant, either serves his master dutifully (as in Barber) or looks for every opportunity to make him out for a fool (as in Marriage). Figaro’s ingenuity served as a symbol of class action against the aristocracy.
Thanks to the great popularity of its predecessor, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro opened to enormous success; it reportedly grossed 100,000 francs in the first twenty showings and the theatre was so packed that three people were crushed to death by the opening-night crowd. The play formed the basis for an opera by Mozart, also called The Marriage of Figaro.
L’un des moments forts de la pièce est le monologue de Figaro (acte V, scène 3), d'ailleurs le plus long de l'Histoire du Théâtre français, dont un passage qui résume à merveille les griefs accumulés contre la noblesse, incarnée par le comte Almaviva, quelques années avant la Révolution :
« Parce que vous êtes un grand Seigneur, vous vous croyez un grand génie !... Noblesse, fortune, un rang, des places : tout cela rend si fier ! Qu’avez-vous fait pour tant de biens ? Vous vous êtes donné la peine de naître, et rien de plus... »
Deux ans après sa première représentation, la pièce a été adaptée en opéra par Mozart et Lorenzo da Ponte sous le titre Le nozze di Figaro (Les Noces de Figaro)
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The Marriage of Figaro is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais. This play is the second installment in the Figaro Trilogy, preceded by The Barber of Seville and followed by The Guilty Mother. The Barber begins the story with a simple love triangle in which the Count has fallen head-over-heels in love with Rosine. He disguises himself to ensure that she will love him back for his character, not his wallet. But, this is all foiled when Rosine’s guardian, Doctor Bartholo, puts her on “house arrest” so that he will have her hand in marriage. The Count runs into an ex-servant (now barber) of his, Figaro, and pressures him into setting up a meeting between the Count and Rosine. He succeeds and the love birds are married to end the first installment.
Beaumarchais said in his preface to the play that it was Louis François, Prince of Conti who requested that this sequel to The Barber of Seville be written. Its denouncement of aristocratic privilege has been characterised as foreshadowing the French Revolution.
The entire trilogy is loosely based on commedia dell’arte structures, including the characters. Figaro is played as a Brighella-type, a zanni-stock character who, when played as a servant, either serves his master dutifully (as in Barber) or looks for every opportunity to make him out for a fool (as in Marriage). Figaro’s ingenuity served as a symbol of class action against the aristocracy.
Thanks to the great popularity of its predecessor, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro opened to enormous success; it reportedly grossed 100,000 francs in the first twenty showings and the theatre was so packed that three people were crushed to death by the opening-night crowd. The play formed the basis for an opera by Mozart, also called The Marriage of Figaro.
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| BN ID: | 2940012602701 |
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| Publisher: | Edition de la France |
| Publication date: | 05/28/2011 |
| Series: | Beaumarchais COMPLETE WORKS Nook NOOKbook Beaumarchais Edition de la France Beaumarchais |
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