Edition: U.S. / Global  Classical Music in Review  By Allan
Kozinn Published: July 11, 1992  'The Marriage of Figaro' New
York Grand Opera Central Park  At a time when classical music is
being increasingly painted as a marginal concern, it was
interesting to see how much people were willing to endure to
hear a free performance of Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro," sung
in English, on Wednesday evening. Defying cloudy skies, several
hundred people packed into the Rumsey Playfield in Central Park
at 72d Street to hear Vincent La Selva lead the New York Grand
Opera in the first of four weekly presentations by the company
in the Summerstage series.  When a light but steady rain began
during the second act, the orchestra fled, leaving Mr. La Selva
and Amy Duran, a pianist, alone in the pit. By the third act,
the rain was heavier and it was deemed unsafe to run the sound
system, so the singers and Miss Duran performed the second half
of the opera without amplification. Listeners had to crane their
necks for glimpses of