![Pierre Beaumarchais, oil painting by Jean-Marc Nattier.
[Credit: Giraudon/Art Resource, New York]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sPhB-TitG5YgFv3Y_RgEqwEuqVgWvyN2yz35gICNh9uZpoRGEtB2zz2Ht0JZbsChOp1YhZLOYPWS-BTGVaF3rk3tbprYE_sonqCk7Z5lhuMerIeYyhhtaPNql028rf6hhGmm7YrHo=s0-d "Pierre Beaumarchais, oil painting by Jean-Marc Nattier.
[Credit: Giraudon/Art Resource, New York]")
Photo of oil painting of French author Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) by French artist Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766) courtesy Giraudon/Art Resource, New York, via EncyclopediaBritannica.com
I like Mozart's (1756-1791) operas, and think Beaumarchais's plays (from which the libretti for some of Mozart's operas are taken) are fabulous. What I didn't know is that Beaumarchais "coordinated the initially secret French program to supply the nascent U.S. of A. with money and arms early in the Revolutionary War". For more information click here.
What operas do you like? (You may leave comments below.)
