Figaro

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barber comic servant fictional character opera character

Figaro is the clever, quick-witted barber who serves as the central character in Beaumarchais’s plays and later in Rossini’s opera "The Barber of Seville."

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Surface form Occurrences
Figaro (character) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf barber ⓘ
comic servant ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
opera character ⓘ
appearsIn Il barbiere di Siviglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Mère coupable NERFINISHED ⓘ
Le Barbier de Séville NERFINISHED ⓘ
Le Mariage de Figaro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Le nozze di Figaro NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Barber of Seville NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Marriage of Figaro NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Count Almaviva NERFINISHED ⓘ
Doctor Bartolo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rosina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Susanna NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralCharacterOf Il barbiere di Siviglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Le Barbier de Séville NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait clever ⓘ
mischievous ⓘ
quick-witted ⓘ
resourceful ⓘ
witty ⓘ
createdBy Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRole archetype of the clever servant ⓘ
fictionalLocation Seville NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Figaro trilogy by Beaumarchais NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearanceDate 1775 ⓘ
genreOfWorkHeAppearsIn comedy ⓘ
opera buffa ⓘ
influenced later comic servant characters in European theatre ⓘ
languageOfOriginalWork French ⓘ
medium opera ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
nationality Spanish (fictional setting) ⓘ
notableAriaAssociated Largo al factotum NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation barber ⓘ
factotum ⓘ
valet ⓘ
operaAdaptationBy Gioachino Rossini NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NERFINISHED ⓘ
operaFirstPerformanceDate 1816 ⓘ
operaFirstPerformanceWork Il barbiere di Siviglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInPlot helps Count Almaviva woo and marry Rosina ⓘ
serves as central schemer in Beaumarchais’s Figaro trilogy ⓘ
thwarts Doctor Bartolo’s plans ⓘ
titleMeaning name associated with “factotum” (do-everything man) in opera ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Marriage of Figaro → mainCharacter → Figaro ⓘ
Le Figaro → namedAfter → Figaro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Figaro (character)
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais → notableCharacterCreated → Figaro ⓘ
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards → regimentalSlowMarch → Figaro ⓘ