Figaro

Type Characters
Figaro.jpg
Figaro.jpg

Dating

Date (from)
01/01/1775
Date (to)
31/12/1775
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Name

Figaro

Description

Figaro is a character created by the French writer Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) in the work The Barber of Seville (1775): a man of the people with a thousand resources who never gives up. At first he is a barber and surgeon in Seville, he will later become the faithful servant and valet of Count Almaviva.

Vocal role

Bass or Baritone

Historical vocal role

Bass or Baritone

Date

1775

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