The Marriage of Figaro (1994)

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1 Season

December 29, 1994

English

Synopsis

By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. With libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte in a new translation by Tony Britten and Nicholas Broadhurst. Transmitted in three parts, this is the story of a sex-mad Eurocrat who's trying to sleep with his servant, his frustrated aristocratic wife and her toy-boy, and a love-child who's forced into marriage with his own mother, not to mention cross-dressing, blackmail and a death-defying leap from a second-floor window.

Episodes

Episode 1

Dec 29, 1994

This is the story of a sex-mad Eurocrat who's trying to sleep with his servant, his frustrated aristocratic wife and her toyboy, and a lovechild who'sforced into marriage with his own mother, not to mention crossdressing, blackmail and a death-defying leap from a second-floor window.

Episode 2

Dec 30, 1994

Susanna is locked in the bathroom, someone has been writing anonymous letters, and Cherubino is wearing a dress.

Episode 3

Dec 31, 1994

Figaro is supposed to be marrying Susanna tonight - so why is she flirting with his boss? And how can he find a fast way out of his contract to marry the battleaxe Marcellina?