Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte West Bay Opera, February 2002

ACT I, Scene One: Susanna and Figaro’s New Chamber
	Marcellina (Karen Carle) asks Doctor Bartolo (Michael Morris) to help her hold Figaro to his promise to marry her if he does not repay the money she lent him.
	Marcellina and Susanna (Alison Greene) try to outdo each other with polite gestures while exchanging barbed comments.
	Count Almaviva (Michael Taylor) tells Basilio (Christopher Fernandez) and Susanna about catching Cherubino hiding under a table at Barbarina’s house.
	Figaro (Jason Detwiler) brings the castle servants along as an audience to his request for permission to marry Susanna.
	Figaro tells Cherubino (Sonia Gariaeff) about army life as Susanna sympathizes and Count Almaviva, Basilio, and another page watch from the doorway.
ACT II, The Countess’s Bedroom
	Alone in her room, the Countess Almaviva (Shana Blake Hill) mourns the fact that her husband is no longer attracted to her.
	Accompanied by Susanna on the guitar, Cherubino sings his new love song to the Countess.
	Nearly caught by the Count, Cherubino hides in the closet. The Countess pretends it is Susanna, who is actually hiding behind the bed.
	The Count prepares to open the closet by force as the Countess pleads for understanding.
	Antonio (Otak Jump) appears with a pot of geraniums Cherubino crushed while escaping through the window.
	Marcellina and Dr. Bartolo arrive with the contract in which Figaro has agreed to marry Marcellina upon default of his debt.
ACT III, The Count’s Reception Room
	The Countess and Susanna set the trap to ensnare the Count in his infidelities.
	Susanna agrees to meet the Count in the garden as Basilio eavesdrops outside the window.
	The Count becomes suspicious and swears he will have vengeance over all who try to trick him.
	The Countess dictates a love song for Susanna to write to the Count, confirming that Susanna will meet him in the pine grove that night.
	Barbarina (Sabrina Harris) convinces Cherubino to disguise himself as a girl in order to remain in hiding at her house.
	In disguise, Cherubino presents flowers to the Countess as Susanna, Barbarina, and the village women look on.
	After Cherubino is unmasked by Antonio, Barbarina begs the Count to let her marry him.
	Susanna is furious when she discovers Figaro embracing Marcellina.
	After discovering the truth, the happy foursome rejoices as the Count and Don Curzio watch in disgust.
ACT IV, The Garden
	Barbarina is distraught after she drops the pin the Count has given her to return to Susanna.
	Unaware of the plan to fool the Count, Figaro becomes jealous when Barbarina explains the pin is to confirm a meeting of Susanna with the Count in the pine grove.
	Disguised as the Countess, Susanna tries to fool Figaro.
	The Count apologizes to the Countess and love reigns all around.

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