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Nicholas Hytner

chooses The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Director of the National Theatre
Theatre, opera and film director whose credits include The History Boys, One Man Two Guvnors, Miss Saigon and Othello.

The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart

Sir Nicholas Hytner chooses the Act II Finale from The Marriage of Figaro (1786) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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