A critical and popular success from its 1786 debut, Mozart's musical comedy elevated the opera buffa to new heights. Le nozze di Figaro ('The Marriage of Figaro'), ossia la folle giornata ('or The Day of Madness') reassemblescharacters from The Barber of Seville for a romantic romp involving mistaken identities, remarkable coincidences, and the triumph of true love.

This authoritative practice and performance edition presents Lorenzo da Ponte'svocal score, originally published by Casa Ric...