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Performer: Barbara Gaines

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A light Marriage of Figaro makes the case for fun in Chicago

Peter Kellner (Fiagro) and Ying Fang (Susanna) © Liz Lauren
Lyric Opera of Chicago revives its diverting and divisive 2015 original production by Barbara Gaines, who does it like a Shakespearean sex farce. 
****1
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A dazzling new Figaro at the Lyric Opera

What makes this Figaro memorable and admirable is the way it manages both to be sprightly in its tone and details and also luxuriant in places that another director might have blown through.
****1
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