The Marriage of Figaro, English National Opera, ENO, London Coliseum, October 2014
Posted on 17 October 2014The revival of this ENO production had its first night on the 221st anniversary of the death of Marie-Antoinette, the first queen to perform in the original play by Beaumarchais. This was at her private house in Versailles, and the king then banned public performances, until in 1784 it opened at the Comédie Française in …