On Site Opera mounts Marcos Portugal's Figaro.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
On Site Opera opened the second installment of a planned Beaumarchais trilogy on Tuesday night, with the North American premiere of The Marriage of Figaro, a version of the Beaumarchais play set to music by the largely forgotten Portuguese composer Marcos Portugal. Portugal's version of the opera came nine years after Mozart's and has been all but forgotten. Like Giovanni Paisiello's Barber of Seville (staged by this company a year ago) this is a noble work and well worthy of performance and revival. Figaro is still Figaro, and his wedding is always worth attending.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
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| Oh, Susanna: Jesse Blumberg as Figaro in the kitchen of 632 on Hudson. Photo by Rebecca Fay for On Site Opera. |
