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Le nozze di Figaro premieres on 1 May 1786 as a dated public class-comedy opera

On 1 May 1786 Figaro premiered as Mozart's public class-comedy opera. In the causal graph this event strengthens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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On 1 May 1786 Figaro premiered as Mozart's public class-comedy opera. Da Ponte wrote the book. It is one night, not four act-Facts. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's documented role is: He set da Ponte's Beaumarchais-derived book. The Burgtheater staged; censorship had already cut the play in Paris-Vienna politics.

Context

Joseph II's theatre is the house. Sharing the premiere with da Ponte is required. The setting of Le nozze di Figaro premieres on 1 May 1786 as a dated public class-comedy opera is the public file around 1786-05-01. Driver democratic-resilience is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Le nozze di Figaro premieres on 1 May 1786 as a dated public class-comedy opera are separate paths.

Why it matters

Improving path from Le nozze di Figaro premieres on 1 May 1786 as a dated public class-comedy opera on 1786-05-01. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.56 · verified

    He set da Ponte's Beaumarchais-derived book. The Burgtheater staged; censorship had already cut the play in Paris-Vienna politics.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactLe nozze di Figaro premieres on 1 May 1786 as a dated public class-comedy opera
    2. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 1 May 1786 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.32 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.7)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Clean elections index

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.

      Above normal = better

    • WJP Rule of Law Index (global)

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      Above normal = better

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — The Marriage of FigaroEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Digital Mozart Edition — early tours neighbourhoodInternationale Stiftung Mozarteum · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — The Marriage of Figaro at https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Marriage-of-Figaro-opera-by-Mozart (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Digital Mozart Edition — Figaro at https://dme.mozarteum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab) (Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum). Official carrier: Britannica — The Marriage of Figaro (https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Marriage-of-Figaro-opera-by-Mozart (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Digital Mozart Edition — Figaro (https://dme.mozarteum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab); Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum).

Established: a sourced public record of Le nozze di Figaro premieres on 1 May 1786 as a dated public class-comedy opera under 1786-05-01 for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Established: a sourced public record of Le nozze di Figaro premieres on 1 May 1786 as a dated public class-comedy opera under 1786-05-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Le nozze di Figaro premieres on 1 May 1786 as a dated public class-comedy opera. Naming Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1786-05-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2. contributed toFactLe nozze di Figaro premieres on 1 May 1786 as a dated public class-comedy opera
  3. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Le nozze di Figaro premieres on 1 May 1786 as a dated public class-comedy opera. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/moz-figaro-1786

https://factrail.ai/facts/moz-figaro-1786

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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