The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville/The Marriage of Figaro/The Guilty Mother

by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais and Pierre de Beaumarchais

Book Overview

Eighteenth-century France produced only one truly international theater star, Beaumarchais, and only one name, Figaro, to combine with Don Quixote and D'Artagnan in the ranks of popular myth. But who was Figaro? He was quickly appropriated by Mozart and Rossini who tamed the original impertinent, bustling servant for their own purposes. On the eve of the French Revolution Figaro was seen as a threat to the establishment and Louis XIV even banned The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192804138
• ISBN13: 9780192804136
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.7" x 5.0"