He already abolished it once, but the beauty of the young girl has made him change his mind. If the Noble would actually have imposed such a right, it probably wouldn’t have done well for the general peace of mind among his subordinates.Īnyway, the Count is trying to force this law on Susanna on the first night after the marriage. The documentation about it is almost exclusively from periods after it supposedly had been abandoned. It’s been suggested that it was more of a monetary tax. How frequent this was in reality, and if it was ever a formal legal right, is very uncertain, to say the least. The words in Latin means “Right of the first night”, indicating that the Lord had a legal claim to the bride’s first night after the wedding. He could use subordinate women for his own pleasure. Jus primae noctis was a legal right of the medieval Feudal Lord. Figaro: Alex Esposito Before running into the plot you need to know about Jus primae noctis. Mozart uses this to portray the young boy as a incontrolable sex-maniac. A woman in men’s clothes also had a strong sexual charge. These trouser roles were incredibly popular back in the days. The same guy sings both.Ĭherubino is sung by a Soprano or a Mezzo-Soprano, a woman. But the only tenor here is a funny/ridiculous fellow, Basilio/Don Curzio. Often the leading heroe, the main lover is a tenor. There is no real tenor role in the Opera. He should be slightly darker than the Count, though. The role of Figaro is sometimes regarded as a Bass-Baritone, but all kinds of baritones, and basses sing Figaro. Something about the voices…īoth Figaro and the Count are Baritones (…Or Basses, the label Baritone didn’t exist in the 1700s). Different rooms, but it’s always inside the premises. The whole opera is set inside the Castle of Almaviva and in the gardens. Now his servant is about to marry the young and stunning Susanna, and that’s where things start to get complicated. The Count Almaviva is happily married to his Rosina, and everything is going fine. Yes, this is yet another Opera set in the Spanish city (Check Carmen, The Barber of Seville, Fidelio, etc). Background – The Opera The Marriage of Figaro is set in… Seville. Please keep your phone turned off when inside the theater.
Print it, fold it, and keep it in your pocket as a help when you’re at the Opera. More about that here.ĭownload this short Pdf-guide. Sometimes doubles as Basilio.īased on the comedy La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro (The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro) by Pierre Beaumarchais. The gardener’s daughter, and actually Susanna’s cousin. Marcellina – Mezzo-Soprano His housekeeper.
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