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New ‘Figaro’ sparkling, beautiful

11 years ago
Gary Hoffman

By John Coulbourn [QMI Agency, 26 April 2010]
As anyone who has ever enjoyed either Pierre Beaumarchais’ classic comedy or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera buffa adaptation of his play can tell you, The Marriage of Figaro is not exactly a marriage made in heaven.

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