Scene from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro 1786 (1905). The Marriage of Figaro 1786 (1905). (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 Cherubino 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.