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 Click for stage events Tip of the Week The Marriage of Figaro
Following up on its 2002 updating of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte"--which
took place in a singles bar--Chicago Opera Theater now turns its
attention to that most perfect of musical comedies, "The Marriage of
Figaro." Conductor Jane Glover and director Diane Paulus are back for
their fifth COT collaboration, their best yet. Figaro and his fiancée
Susanna now reside in modern-day Miami, a surprisingly effective and
clever transposition of the work's lampooning of 18th-century class
relationships. Cell-phone text messaging, pill popping, football
fanatics, loud outfits, swaying palm trees and partying the night away
stand alongside Mozart's music quite convincingly, revealing characters
that are as sharply drawn and as relevant as ever. Even purists who
might be put off by the updates will be so blown away by the first-class
singing and the exuberance and immediacy of this stellar young cast that
regrets should definitely not be sent. "The Marriage of Figaro" plays at the Harris Theater, 205 East
Randolph, (312)704-8414 through May 14.
Also by Dennis Polkow
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