What is this thing called love?
Imagine protecting your fiancée from a lecherous rival, finding your long-lost son, and healing an ailing marriage – all in one day! Most of us would pull out our hair, but this is Mozart, and on Figaro’s dizzying wedding day, love is in the air, behind a door, under a chair, and in everyone’s hearts. And you thought your wedding day was chaotic.	Saturday, April 24, 2010     Tuesday, April 27, 2010         Friday, April 30, 2010      Sunday, May 2, 2010

All shows at the Benedum Center
Sung in Italian with English translations projected above the stage
Estimated performance time: 3 hours and 15 minutes, including one intermission

Previews and Reviews

Opera Singer Given Months To Live
Returns To Stage
WTAE Channel 4 Action News (04-23-10)
 

'Figaro' singer, Sari Gruber: 'Mozart is my best' Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (04-22-10)
'Marriage of Figaro' still dazzles even its performers Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (04-18-10)

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Cast and Artistic Team

(cast is listed in order of vocal appearance)
 Figaro: Oren Gradus**
Susanna: Sari Gruber
Dr. Bartolo: Kevin Glavin**
Marcellina: Lindsay Ammann*
Cherubino: Zheng Cao
Count Almaviva: Michael Todd Simpson
Don Basilio/Curzio: Joseph Gaines
Countess: Pamela Armstrong
Antonio: Liam Moran*
Barbarina: Lara Lynn Cottrill+

Mozart loved an ensemble cast! Sari Gruber, as Susanna, and Oren Gradus as her true love Figaro, manage to stay together throughout all the hubbub; Pamela Armstrong and Michael Todd Simpson, as the Count and Countess, reconcile sweetly. Kevin Glavin and Joseph Gaines add comic verve as Bartolo and Basilio.

Conductor: Gary Thor Wedow
Stage Director: Kristine McIntyre
Set Designer: Benoit Dugardyn
Costume Designer: Johann Stegmeir
Lighting Designer: Andrew Ostrowski
Hair & Makeup Designer: James Geier
Assistant Conductor: Glenn Lewis
Principal Coach: Glenn Lewis
Chorus Master: Mark Trawka
Accompanist: James Lesniak
Stage Manager: Christine Schott

Photo Shoot

Photos Credit: Pittsburgh Opera

Performance Photos

Photo Credit: David Bachman

Oren Gradus as Figaro and Sari Gruber as Susanna	Zheng Cao as Cheribino and Sari Gruber as Susanna	Pamela Armstrong as the Countess, Zheng Cao as Cheribino and Sari Gruber as Susanna	Pamela Armstrong as the Countess and Michael Todd Simpson as the Count.
Michael Todd Simpson as the Count, Sari Gruber as Susanna and Pamela Armstrong as the Countess	Joseph Gaines as Don Basilio, Lindsay Ammann as Marcellina and Kevin Glavin as Dr. Bartolo	Sari Gruber, Joseph Gaines, Lindsay Ammann, Michael Todd Simpson, Kevin Glavin and Pamela Armstrong	Michael Todd Simpson, Kevin Glavin, Oren Gradus, Lindsay Ammann and Joseph Gaines
Kevin Glavin, Sari Gruber, Oren Gradus and Lindsay Ammann	The Cast of The Marriage of Figaro	Oren Gradus as Figaro and Sari Gruber as Susanna	The Cast of The Marriage of Figaro

Music From The Marriage of Figaro

Click to hear music from The Marriage of Figaro
Non più andrai - Samuel Ramey as Figaro
Cosa mi narri! - Kiri te Kanawa as Countess

Videos From The Marriage of Figaro

Click to watch videos from The Marriage of Figaro
Opera Singer Given Months To Live Returns To Stage
   WTAE Channel 4 Action News (04-23-10)

New performance videos coming soon!

Meet the Artists

If you missed it the first time or just want to relive the entertainment, check out these videos from the Tuesday, April 27 The Marriage of Figaro Meet the Artists reception.

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