The read
It runs long at 3h 0m.
Synopsis
Rosina from *The Barber of Seville* is now Countess Almaviva, his wife. However, he is far from being a paragon of virtue. Among others, he is pursuing his wife’s maid, Susanna—who is to marry Figaro, now in the Count’s service—and his gardener’s daughter, Barbarina. He faces competition from the page Cherubino, who is in love with all women and in particular with the Countess, his godmother. Meanwhile, the elderly Marcellina, aided by Doctor Bartolo and the music master Basilio, seeks to prevent the marriage of Susanna and Figaro, as the latter has promised to marry her. ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ (‘Le nozze di Figaro’, K. 492) is a four-act opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte inspired by Beaumarchais’s comedy, ‘Le Mariage de Figaro’.
Ratings
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Key crew
- Michael GrandageDirector
- François RoussillonDirector
Cast
- Audun IversenCount Almaviva
- Sally MatthewsCountess Almaviva
- Vito PrianteFigaro
- Lydia TeuscherSusanna
- Ann MurrayMarcellina
- Andrew ShoreBartolo
- Sarah ShaferBarbarina
- Robin TicciatiConductor
- Orchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentOrchestra