Photo Flash: First Look at WNO's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

Washington National Opera (WNO) opens its 2016-2017 season with a new-to-Washington staging of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's masterpiece of romantic comedy-The Marriage of Figaro, September 22-October 2, 2016, in the Kennedy Center Opera House. One of opera's most enduring and beloved classics, The Marriage of Figaro tells an upstairs/downstairs story of love, lust, seduction, infidelity, and ultimately, forgiveness, all set to some of the most sublime and memorable music ever written.

Check out a first look below!

Ariana Wehr as Barbarina, Ryan McKinny as Figaro, and Elizabeth Bishop as Marcellina. Photo by Scott Suchman for WNO.

Amanda Majeski as Countess Almaviva. Photo by Scott Suchman for WNO.

Elizabeth Bishop as Marcellina, Ryan McKinny as Figaro, and Valeriano Lanchas as Dr. Bartolo. Photo by Scott Suchman for WNO.

Lisette Oropesa as Susanna. Photo by Scott Suchman for WNO.

Amanda Majeski as Countess Almaviva. Photo by Scott Suchman for WNO.

Joshua Hopkins as Count Almaviva, Lisette Oropesa as Susanna, and Amanda Majeski as Countess Almaviva. Photo by Scott Suchman for WNO.