On the Relationship between the Changes of Props, Costumes and Makeup in Opera and the Social Environment—— Take the Opera “Le Nozze di Figaro” as an Example

Abstract

The opera "Le Nozze di Figaro" is a very influential opera all over the world. It was First staged in Austria in 1786,and in the year 2022 is still prevailing. After 236 years, the props, clothing and makeup in the opera "Le Nozze di Figaro" are also changing with the change of social environment, From the version of the Grosses Festspielhaus,Salzburg in 1966 to the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 1975, to the version of The Metropolitan Opera House in 1985, the version of The Metropolitan Opera House in 1998, the version of the Royal Opera House in 2006, the version of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 2017, and the version of The Metropolitan Opera House in 2022, which has video records Different versions of "Le Nozze di Figaro" are used to analyze the influence of social environment on the changes of props, costumes and makeup in opera.