Opera Cheat Sheet | Houston Public Media

In this week’s OCS Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn talks to bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi, who sang the role of Figaro, and conductor James Gaffigan, from the Houston Grand Opera 2011 production of The Marriage of Figaro. Le Nozze di Figaro, to give it its original Italian title, was the first of the three great collaborations between Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. Based on the French play by Beaumarchais, it tells the story of the... Read More