Question:  Lilian Sukis sang the role of Countess Almaviva in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" at an internationally recognized annual repertory theatre festival founded by who?

 After earning diplomas from the University of Toronto and McMaster University, she made her professional opera debut in 1964 as Kate Pinkerton in Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" with the Canadian Opera Company.  In 1965 she sang the role of Countess Almaviva in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" at the Stratford Festival. Lilian Sukis (born 29 June 1939, Kaunas) is a Canadian operatic soprano of Lithuanian birth.  That same year she became a pupil at the Metropolitan Opera Studio and School.  She made her debut at the Met in 1967 as Helen Niles in the world premiere of Marvin David Levy's "Mourning Becomes Electra".  In 1969 she became a member of the Bavarian State Opera where she remained for more than 20 years.  She has also appeared as a guest artist with several major opera houses and opera festivals internationally, including the Bayreuth Festival, the Frankfurt Opera, Graz, the Hamburg State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, and the Vienna State Opera among others. <SEP> Agostino Rovere (1804, Monza - 1865, New York City) was an Italian operatic bass.  After studying singing in Milan, he made his professional opera debut in 1826 at the opera house in Pavia.  In 1828 he portrayed Clemente in the world premiere of Vincenzo Bellini's "Bianca e Fernando" at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa.  In 1839 he sang the role of Pedrigo in the world premiere of Gaetano Donizetti's "Gianni di Parigi" at La Scala.  He returned to that opera house the following year to create the role of La Rocca in the world premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's "Un giorno di regno".  In 1842 he portrayed the role of Marquis de Boisfleury in the world premiere of Donizetti's "Linda di Chamounix" at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna.  In 1847-1848 he was committed to the Royal Opera House in London where he sang Bartolo in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro", Don Magnifico in Rossini's "La Cenerentola", Dulcamara in Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore", Leporello in "Don Giovanni", and Mustafà in Gioachino Rossini's "L'italiana in Algeri" <SEP> Daniel Craig Jackson is a Scottish playwright, born in 1980.  His first full-length play "The Wall" premiered at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow in 2008.  It was produced by Borderline Theatre Company and was nominated for several awards including the Best New Play at the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland and the Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the year.  The sequel "The Ducky" was also produced by Borderline Theatre Company and toured in 2009.  In 2010 he finished his "Stewarton Trilogy" with "The Chooky Brae".  His play My Romantic History' (which starred Iain Robertson) won a Scotsman Fringe First at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival and sold out its run at the Bush Theatre London.  He also took part in the Bush Theatre's 2011 project "Sixty Six Books" where he contributed a piece based upon a book of the King James Bible.  In 2012 Jackson's play The Marriage of Figaro, an adaptation of the stage comedy by Beaumarchais and later opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was premiered at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.  In 2013 Jackson's play Threeway premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh.  In 2014, another of Jackson's work Kill Johnny Glendenning received its premiere at the Lyceum before transferring to Glasgow's Citizens Theatre. <SEP>  Founded by local journalist-turned-producer Tom Patterson, the festival was formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, the Shakespeare Festival and then Stratford Shakespeare Festival before changing to the current name. The Stratford Festival is an internationally recognized annual repertory theatre festival running annually from April to October in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada.  Theatre-goers, actors, and playwrights flock to Stratford to take part — many of the greatest Canadian, British, and American actors play roles at the Stratford festival.  It was one of the first and is still one of the most prominent arts festivals in Canada and is recognized worldwide for its productions of Shakespearean plays.