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ACT I. Figaro and Susanna, the valet and maid of the Count and Countess Almaviva, are getting married later today. Figaro, pleased with the new quarters the Count has given them, is happily measuring the space where the bridal bed will fit. Susanna, however, is bothered by their room’s proximity to the Count's chambers, because he has been attempting to seduce her. Figaro is outraged and plans to teach the Count a lesson.
Dr. Bartolo arrives with Marcellina, his old housekeeper. She is determined to hold Figaro to his promise to either repay the money she loaned him or marry her. Marcellina and Susanna share an exchange of very politely delivered insults, and the older woman departs in a fury.
The teenage page Cherubino then arrives and asks for Susanna's help. The Count caught Cherubino with the gardener's daughter, Barbarina, and plans to punish him. When the Count appears, Cherubino hides to escape his wrath. The Count, finding Susanna alone, uses the opportunity to press his suit, but he is also forced to hide when Basilio, the music teacher, arrives.
When Basilio starts to gossip about Cherubino's crush on the Countess, the Count angrily leaps from his hiding place. As he recounts how he discovered Cherubino with Barbarina, he inadvertently stumbles upon Cherubino! The count is furious, but the young man is saved from punishment by Figaro’s interruption. Instead, the Count dispatches Cherubino to his regiment in Seville for army duty, effective immediately.
ACT II. The Countess, lamenting her husband’s infidelity, is being comforted by Susanna. Figaro enters and fills the two ladies in on his plans: he has sent an anonymous note to the Count suggesting the Countess has a rendezvous of her own that evening. Figaro also suggests that they dress Cherubino up as Susanna and lure the Count into an illicit rendezvous where he can be caught in the act.
The ladies proceed to disguise Cherubino, and Susanna heads out to find a ribbon. Cherubino hides in the closet as the Count arrives in a jealous fury, having read the note. When the Countess refuses to unlock her closet, the Count takes the Countess with him in search of tools to open the door. After they leave, Cherubino escapes through the window and Susanna takes his place in the closet, astonishing both the Count and Countess when they return and open the closet
Figaro then arrives and tries to start the wedding festivities, but is interrupted by Antonio, the gardener, who arrives complaining that a man has vandalized his garden by jumping out of the window. Figaro quickly takes the blame, but his victory is short-lived; Marcellina, Bartolo, and Basilio enter, demanding that the Count hear Marcellina's case against Figaro.
ACT III. The Countess changes Figaro’s plan and tells Susanna to arrange to meet the Count in the garden that night in the garden, but the Countess will go in her place. The Count eagerly agrees, but he overhears Susanna telling Figaro that his case is already won. Realizing that he is being tricked, he resolves to make Figaro pay.
Figaro's trial follows, and the judgment is that Figaro must either pay the debt immediately or marry Marcellina. Figaro argues that, as the son of an aristocrat, he cannot be married without his parents' permission, and because he was stolen from them when he was a baby he does not expect to be able to find them. Recognizing his story, Bartolo and Marcellina realize Figaro is Rafaello, their long-lost illegitimate son! Susanna enters with money from the Countess to pay Figaro’s debt to Marcellina, and she quickly joins in the celebration. Bartolo and Marcellina are so overjoyed that they agree to join Figaro and Susanna in a double wedding that very day.
Left alone, the Countess, resolves to recapture the Count’s love. She dictates a love letter for Susanna to give to the Count, which suggests that he meet her that night in the garden. During the course of the wedding festivities, Susanna slips “her” letter to the Count. The Count notices the pin sealing the note, and gives it to Barbarina to return to Susanna as his signal.
ACT IV. Barbarina is searching the gardens for the Count’s pin, which she misplaced, and Cherubino. Barbarina explains the situation to Figaro, and he is overcome with jealousy. He rushes off, and plans revenge. Susanna and the Countess arrive, dressed in each other's clothes, but are interrupted by Cherubino’s arrival. Figaro quickly realizes what is going on, and gets even by flirting with Susanna while she is disguised as the Countess. The Count enters and, mistaking Susanna for his wife, attempts to expose his wife’s infidelity. When the real Countess reveals herself, the Count kneels and pleads for forgiveness.
- Pierre Augustin Beaumarchais
Authors
Cast and Creative team for The Marriage of Figaro at Wichita Grand Opera
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Figaro, personal valet to the Count....Patrick Carfizzi
Susanna, the Countess’s maid....................... Ava Pine
Countess Rosina Almaviva........Zvetelina Vassileva
Count Almaviva........................Michael Nansel
Cherubino, the Count's page.............Kaitlyn Costello
Marcellina........................ Erin Mundus†
Bartolo, a doctor from Seville....... William Powers
Basilio, a music teacher................ Brian Frutiger
Don Curzio, a judge................. Kenneth Clymer*
Barbarina, Antonio's daughter............... Alyssa Nance†
Antonio, the Count's gardener and Susanna's uncle.... John Stephens
Figaro, personal valet to the Count....Patrick Carfizzi
Susanna, the Countess’s maid....................... Ava Pine
Countess Rosina Almaviva........Zvetelina Vassileva
Count Almaviva........................Michael Nansel
Cherubino, the Count's page.............Kaitlyn Costello
Marcellina........................ Erin Mundus†
Bartolo, a doctor from Seville....... William Powers
Basilio, a music teacher................ Brian Frutiger
Don Curzio, a judge................. Kenneth Clymer*
Barbarina, Antonio's daughter............... Alyssa Nance†
Antonio, the Count's gardener and Susanna's uncle.... John Stephens
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