The Marriage of Figaro is a comic opera in four acts by Mozart with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Set in Seville, it is based on the play Marriage de Figaro which was at first banned in Vienna. The opera narrates how servants Figaro and Susanna unite in matrimony, foiling Count Almaviva's efforts to seduce Susanna!
Opera Gala Spectacular
La Fille du Régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment)
La fille du régiment (The daughter of the regiment), which will be staged on the 8, 10, 11 June, 2017 at the Damansara Performing Arts Centre (DPAC) and 17 & 18 June, 2017 at the Penang Performing Arts Centre featuring Jane Soong as Marie, Yap Jin Hin as Tonio, Shawn Liew as Sgt. Sulpice, Regina Neoh as Marquise and Adam Oakley as Hortensius. The opera will be conducted by Colombian conductor, Juan Montoya and stage direction by Amelia Tan.
OperaKUL 2017
Themed `Celebrating Opera Today’, the two-day Kuala Lumpur City Opera Festival (OperaKUL) will be held at Publika Solaris Dutamas – Black Box, The Square and the Bridge at Publika – where the public will get to enjoy performances, workshops and talks by well known foreign and local vocalists and musicians from the classical fraternity. There will also be screening of KLCO’s past opera productions.