La Scala | Shows | Buy Tickets | Le nozze di Figaro | La Dame Aux Camelias | Die Lustige Witwe | La Boheme Le nozze di Figaro is an opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, Le mariage de Figaro (1784). This site is independently owned and operated and in no way affiliated to any event, venue, artist or production company.