T C 357: Comedy, Ancient and Modern
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
I. France in the late 18th Century
Louis
XVI
II. Beaumarchais's life
III. The controversy surrounding Marriage of Figaro
IV. Beaumarchais on the operatic stage
Mozart
and da Ponte, Marriage of Figaro,
1786
Rossini
and Sterbini, Barber of Seville, 1816
