Scene from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro, 1786 (1905). Artist: Anon

Scene from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro, 1786 (1905). The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), comic opera (opera buffa) with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) after Beaumarchais, first performed on l May 1786 at the Burgtheater, Vienna. A group of peasants led by Figaro and Susanna sing Count Almaviva's praises and to entreat him not to dismiss the page Chrubino from his service. He relents to the extent that he gives him a commission in his regiment. From Les Noces de Figaro, one of set of trade cards issued by Liebig & Co, 1905. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)