Household servants, Figaro and Susanna, are getting married. Bailey, in honour of Christie Darville, COC Deputy General Director, and Johannes Debus, COC Music Director, and in part by The Schulich Foundation The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored, in part, by W. Sandra Horst and the COC Chorus are generously underwritten by Tim & Frances Price Solomon Foundation in honour of Alexander Neef Production underwritten in part by Howard & Sarah D. This production originally built by the Salzburg Festival in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth As such, Beaumarchais presages the tumultuous events of 1789, the year that brought the French Revolution and the downfall of France's established class system.Set & Costume Designer: Christian Schmidt The triumph of Figaro, valet to a nobleman, signifies the victory of ability over birthright. It is a play in which the aristocracy face their impending decline. However, the play also holds an important place in the development of French theatre. The Marriage of Figaro deserves praise for its important social messages, its subtle wit, comic mastery, and vivacious dialogue many scholars believe that this play is Beaumarchais's masterpiece. The aristocracy who made up the play's appreciative audience understood its subversive nature, yet continued to attend showings in record numbers. In its questioning of France's longstanding social class system, which stood as the very basis of France's governing body, it was also revolutionary. The comedy was scandalous in its depiction of a pleasure-seeking, incompetent nobleman who is upstaged by his crafty, quick-witted servant in their quest for the same woman. The official French censors, as well as King Louis XVI, opposed the play. Beaumarchais faced many obstacles in producing his comedy. Completed in 1780, the play would not be acted on the French stage until 1784. Like its author, Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, The Marriage of Figaro had a long, illustrious history.
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