¡Figaro!
(90210)
MEDIA COVERAGE
The way ¡Figaro! (90210) directly addresses contemporary issues like multiculturalism, immigration reform, and income inequality (not to mention hip-hop posturing and, of course, sexting!) has made it a show lots people can't stop talking about.
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2017 COVERAGE
Trump Has Changed a Night at the Opera Too
May 26, 2017
“¡Figaro! (90210), an adaptation of 'The Marriage of Figaro' with a cleverly rewritten, stingingly contemporary libretto by Vid Guerrerio...predated the rise of Trump, and seems, in retrospect, to have anticipated it."
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NYFOS: Song of the Day
May 26, 2017
“It felt like the writer gave me a journey back through time: I felt the sense of immediacy and danger that audiences must have felt in the 1790’s" –
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Vid Guerrerio's acclaimed adaptation of "The Marriage of Figaro" has touched a nerve
April 12, 2017
What to do in New York: See ¡Figaro! (90210)
April 4, 2017
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The classic opera "Figaro" takes on Trump
April 10, 2017
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¡Figaro! (90210) on the New York Minute
March 31, 2017
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Your Weekend Starts Now... with ¡Figaro! (90210)
April 6, 2017
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Qué Tal, Figaro: ¡Figaro! (90210) at The Duke on 42nd Street
April 1, 2017
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Figaro is an undocumented Mexican and works in Beverly Hills
April 1, 2017
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Mozart Meets Trump In Gotham Return Of Pro-Immigrant ‘¡Figaro! (90210)’
March 2, 2017
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PREVIOUS COVERAGE: VIDEO
Mozart in Spanglish? A vibrant, multi-ethnic reboot in ¡Figaro! (90210)
MARCH 19, 2016
Immigration and the Opera
APRIL 4, 2016
¡Figaro! (90210) on Primer Impacto
Univisión (en español)
By NAYELI CHAVEZ
MARCH 28, 2016
Nueva York ya tiene su Figaro mexicano
Telemundo - Un Nuevo Día (en español)
MARCH 29, 2016
Se abre el telón de "Figaro 90210"
Univisión (en español)
By CECILIA BOGRÁN
JANUARY 18, 2015
LA Opera's World Premiere Production on YouTube
RADIO
Mozart's 'Marriage of Figaro' gets SoCal update
KPCC - The Frame
By JOSIE HUANG
JANUARY 16, 2015
A new opera takes on immigration reform
KCRW - Which Way LA?
By AVISHAY ARTSY
JANUARY 15, 2015
Mozart with a twist: LA Opera tackles immigration issues with 'Figaro 90210'
KPCC - Multi-American
By JOSIE HUANG
JANUARY 13, 2015
PRINT
A Hyperlocal Figaro Puts Immigration on Center Stage
By ELINA SHATKIN
JANUARY 16, 2015
Modern-Day Mozart Opera 'Figaro 90210' to World Premiere in LA
By JORDAN RIEFE
JANUARY 16, 2015
Preview: ¡Figaro! (90210)
By MEG WILHOITE
JUNE 13, 2013
Los Angeles Opera Preview: ¡FIGARO! (90210)
By TONY FRANKEL
JANUARY 11, 2015
Figaro “Unbound”—but undocumented: ¡Figaro! (90210)
Artillery Mag
By EZRHA JEAN BLACK
JANUARY 17, 2015
LA Opera Presents the Marriage of Old and New with ‘¡Figaro! (90210)’
Entertainment Voice
By JENNY LESTER
JANUARY 1, 2015
An All-American 'Figaro' at the Hop
Seven Days Vermont
By AMY LILLY
APRIL 1, 2015
At the Hopkins Center, An Updated ‘Figaro’
Valley News
By NICOLA SMITH
APRIL 9, 2015
“¡Figaro! (90210)” finds new voice, staging at Hop
The Dartmouth
By HALLIE HUFFAKER
APRIL 8, 2015