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The sparkling plays about the scoundrelly valet Figaro, used as the basis of operas by Mozart and Roissini
A highly engaging comedy of intrigue, The Barber of Sevilleportrays the resourceful Figaro foiling a jealous old man's attempts to keep his beautiful ward from her lover. And The Marriage of Figarocondemned by Louis XVI for its daring satire of nobility and privilegedepicts a master and servant set in opposition by their desire for the same woman. With characteristic lightness of touch, Beaumarchaisa French courtier, secret agent, libertine, and adventurercreated an audacious farce of disguise and mistaken identity that balances wit, frivolity and seriousness in equal measure.
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