¡Figaro!
(90210)
REVIEWS
At the Duke, a radical update turns Figaro into an "illegal" immigrant
Wall Street Journal (subscriber only)
By HEIDI WALESON
APRIL 14, 2017
"In Vid Guerrerio’s witty new Spanish and English libretto, “The Marriage of Figaro” unfolds in contemporary Beverly Hills… Mr. Guerrerio has a remarkable ear for matching the rhythms of his text to music... José Adán Pérez and Samarie Alicea are terrific as Figaro and Susana, as is the five-member string ensemble, led from the piano by Raphael Fusco.”
Off-Broadway Review: ‘Figaro 90210’ at Duke on 42nd Street
By JACQUELINE CLAIRE
APRIL 12, 2017
“Figaro 90210” – It’s so relevant it feels like it could have been written for this morning’s New York Times editorial. It’s 2017, it’s right now, and it’s riveting. Vid Guerrerio’s libretto cleverly brings up all of these contentious political themes, but cushions them in humor. We are laughing all the way through, but there is a sharp bite underneath."
¡Figaro! (90210), a California Love Triangle
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
MARCH 30, 2016
"An audacious and entertaining adaptation of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” with a libretto in English and Spanglish by Vid Guerrerio... The performance on Tuesday night won laughs galore and a big ovation...A landmark 1988 Peter Sellars production of Mozart’s “Figaro” set in the Trump Tower hovers over “¡Figaro! (90210).” But this version goes much further by rewriting the libretto, with apologies to Lorenzo Da Ponte (although I’ll bet he and Mozart would have loved this show). "
Call It ‘The Green Card of Figaro,’ With Thanks to Mozart
By ZACHARY WOOLFE
JUNE 16, 2013
"In this version, fearlessly written by Vid Guerrerio... Susana and Figaro are undocumented Mexican workers employed by the Contis, a real estate magnate and his aging-actress wife... The stakes could not be more current, clear or urgent: Figaro and Susana face deportation if Susana refuses Mr. Conti’s advances. That ¡Figaro! (90210) remains uproariously funny under the cloud of such serious matters speaks to Mr. Guerrerio’s ingenious text and the smooth, clever production directed... by Melissa Crespo."
¡Figaro! (90210) at The Duke on 42nd Street
Opera News (subscribers only)
By JOANNE SYDNEY LESSNER
JUNE 1, 2016
"Vid Guerrerio’s brilliant reimagining of Le Nozze di Figaro is dynamic, thought-provoking, respectful, and, yes, hilarious. A slim two-and-a-half hours, ¡Figaro! (90210) marries Mozart’s music to Guerrerio’s wickedly clever and pointedly topical libretto, translating the original’s revolutionary aspect into more meaningful terms for a contemporary audience... It works because he remains true to the spirit of the opera, even when revising the details, which in turn reinforce the consistent internal logic of his altered plot."
Morningside Opera’s updating of Mozart’s ‘Figaro’ is as timely as it is sexy
By JAMES JORDEN
JUNE 13, 2013
"Morningside Opera's updating of "Figaro" is as timely as it is sexy... Vid Guerrerio’s sparkling Figaro! (90210) remakes “The Marriage of Figaro” into a comedy as relevant as CNN and as sexy as an episode of 'Revenge.'"
Live Opera: LA Opera Off Grand Presents “Figaro! (90210)” at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
By JANE ROSENBERG
JANUARY 18, 2015
"In a love letter to multicultural America and specifically Los Angeles, librettist Vid Guerrerio creates an hilarious, timely, and heartfelt rendition of Lorenzo Da Ponte’s take on Beaumarchais’ The Marriage of Figaro...a delicious musical confection worthy of the Broadway stage."
The Top Ten Performances of 2013
By JAMES JORDEN
DECEMBER 13, 2013
By JOHN YOHALEM
JUNE 12, 2013
Figaro! (90210); It’s a Hoot … and it Works
By RICHARD S. GINELL
JANUARY 21, 2015
LA Opera's Figaro 90210 - Hilarious and Sublime Modern Masterpiece
By GEORJA UMANO
JANUARY 18, 2015
Theater: Yo! Figaro 90210!
By MICHAEL GILTZ
JUNE 8, 2013
An Opera With Sexting? In ¡Figaro! (90210), Mozart Goes to Beverly Hills
L.A. Weekly
By FALLING JAMES
JANUARY 19, 2015
LA Opera Presents Figaro 90210
Opera Today
By MARIA NOCKIN
JANUARY 26, 2015
¡Figaro! (90210) is and Address for Success
Singerpreneur
By BRYAN DAHL
JANUARY 23, 2015
Mozart, Beverly Hills, and Illegal Immigrants: An Unlikely Trio Figaro 90210
By TIMOTHY AOKI
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
The world as seen by Beaumarchais through a character named Figaro
By MARK SWED
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
LA Opera Unleases "Figaro Unbound"
Musical America (subscribers only)
By RICHARD S. GINELL
JANUARY 19, 2015
Musique et narration
Philosophie Magazine (en français)
By DICK HOWARD
JULY 4, 2013