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1 August 2015

9:00 AM

1 August 2015

9:00 AM

It is an out and out masterpiece so any new production of The Marriage of Figaro matters a great deal. Opera Australia is opening a new production at the Sydney Opera House on 6 August and at the Victorian Arts Centre on 12 November. There is every reason to have high expectations given that the director is David McVicar, already much admired here for his Don Giovanni in 2014 and his ROH production of Faust.

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