The Marriage of Figaro

Presented by NZ Opera

17th, 19th, & 21st June 2026
St. James Theatre, Wellington

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The Marriage of Figaro Programme

When
June 17th- 7:30pm
June 19th – 7:30pm
June 21st – 2:30pm

Where
St. James Theatre
Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington

Duration
3 hours (including a 20-minute interval)

Language
Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto
Lorenzo Da Ponte

The long-awaited Wellington debut of an unforgettable take on Mozart’s masterpiece.

Our 2021 season of The Marriage of Figaro – the world-premiere of a sumptuous staging by the superstar trans-Tasman creative duo of Lindy Hume and Tracy Grant Lord – remains a high-water mark in this company’s history. For our centrepiece mid-year season, with a cast boasting an almost-unbelievable wealth of talent from Aotearoa and Australia, we’re thrilled to be finally bringing this incredible opera to the fair city of Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Picking up narratively where The Barber of Seville left off, The Marriage of Figaro is renowned for its wit and musical sophistication – truly an example of the legendary Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart operating at the height of his powers.

And with our outstanding principal cast joined on stage by the Freemasons Foundation New Zealand Opera Chorus and accompanied by Orchestra Wellington – conducted, for the first time, by James Judd – this season offers opera at its most gorgeous, its most vivid, its most unforgettable.

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