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Intrigue, infidelity and cross-dressing, girl-crazy boys—this is only a sampling of the rousing fun included in the Dunster House Opera Society’s delightful production of Mozart’s classic, The Marriage of Figaro...
True to the Dunster House Opera Society’s credo that opera can and should be accessible to the general public, the libretto is adapted into English and the action is transported into 1930s America...
...this adaptation of the opera, Meyers, Salzmann and Schuler have emphasized the story’s universality in an attempt to involve the audience more fully in the characters’ plights. Understanding the content of the libretto, including the banter between characters, also adds to the music an emotional component that may not be possible when the opera isn’t in English...
...star of a Mozart opera, though, is always its score, and the orchestra, directed by Schuler, performs the original score with polish. The solid orchestration grounds the adapted opera with a familiar sound that provides the necessary foundation for liberties with the libretto...
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