#the-marriage-of-figaro

#the-marriage-of-figaro

bringing with it the weight of tradition: a reminder that opera at the Proms has always been about making the grand feel accessible, and the intimate feel expansive. In the vast space of the Royal Albert Hall, the familiar overture races ahead with its restless wit, and suddenly an opera written for the intimacy of late-18th-century Vienna came alive again for thousands of listeners under a single domed roof and for many, many more live on Radio 3.

The Cornut Festival in Catalonia celebrates the end of jus primae noctis, a custom where feudal lords could bed brides on their wedding night, symbolized by the Cornut.