The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro

Synopsis of The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro

«The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro» is the theatre volume by Beaumarchais, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (224 pp., in English).

The volume contains two comedies by the French playwright Beaumarchais. In The Barber of Seville, Figaro helps Count Almaviva court Rosina, guarded by Doctor Bartolo. In The Marriage of Figaro, the Count pursues Susana, Figaro's fiancée. Intrigues, disguises and misunderstandings sustain a satire of the nobility that inspired Mozart and Rossini.

1964 edition with translation by John Wood; brings together the first two works of the Figaro trilogy, originally written in French.

For readers of classic European theatre and opera enthusiasts, as these pieces inspired the operas of Mozart and Rossini.