Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro

Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro (2006)

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David McVicar's spellbinding production of LE NOZZE DI FIGARO is set in 1830s post-revolution France, where the inexorable unravelling of an old order has produced acute feelings of loss. In the relationship between Finley's suave, dashingly self-absorbed Count and Röschmann's passionately dignified Countess, which lies at the tragic heart of the opera, the sexy ease between a feisty Figaro (Erwin Schrott) and a sassy Susanna (Miah Persson) is starkly absent, the tenacious spark between Marcellina (Graciela Araya) and Bartolo (Jonathan Veira) suggesting what might be rekindled. The production is superbly complemented by the beauty of Paule Constable's lighting and Tanya McCallin's evocative sets. Antonio Pappano conducts (and accompanies the recitatives) with invigorating wit and emotional depth.

star 8.5
  • Release Date: 2006-02-17
  • Runtime: 3h 4min
  • Director: Jonathan Haswell

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Cast

  • Erwin Schrott

    Figaro

  • Miah Persson

    Susanna

  • Gerald Finley

    Comte Almaviva

  • Dorothea Röschmann

    Comtesse Almaviva

  • Graciela Araya

    Marcellina

  • Ana James

    Barbarina

  • Rinat Shaham

    Cherubino

  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

    Self - Orchestra

  • Jonathan Veira

    Dr. Bartolo

  • Antonio Pappano

    Self - Conductor

  • Chorus of the Royal Opera House

    Self - Chorus

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Self - Composer

  • Philip Langridge

    Don Basilio

  • Jeremy White

    Antonio

  • Francis Egerton

    Don Curzio

  • Glenys Groves

    First Bridesmaid

  • Kate McCarney

    Second Bridesmaid

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