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FIGARO

Figaro is a character of dramatic fiction. He made his first appearance in Beaumarchais's plays The ' Barber of Seville' written in 1775, 'The Marriage of Figaro' written in 1784, and 'The Other Tartuffe' written in 1792. Since Beaumarchais's time Figaro has become the type of ingenious roguery, intrigue, and cunning, who displays the utmost sang-froid in all his daring deceptions. He appears conspicuously in Mozart's opera 'The Marriage de
Figaro' written in 1786 and Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville' written in 1816, both operas being based on the plays of the same names.
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