Jon and I treated Caleb to the sequel to the Barber of Seville, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. Caleb loved the characters in The Barber of Seville (we saw it 2 years ago) and in this opera they are all grown up, with grown up problems that have to be resolved in one crazy day. There was also a teenager with a major crush, a tipsy gardener, and schemers and dreamers looking for love. It is hailed as one of Mozart’s finest and funniest operas! This opera was considered revolutionary – both musically and politically – the lively romantic comedy begins with Figaro and Susanna preparing for their wedding night, not realizing how many people they’ll have to maneuver around in order to fall into each other’s arms! The four hour opera, in Italian, with English supertitles, is probably not what most eleven year olds would pick . . . but Caleb had a ball! He was singing the whole way out of the opera house!
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