The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

The read

It runs long at 3h 55m.

Synopsis

Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut leading an extraordinary cast in Mozart’s comic masterpiece. Bass-baritone Michael Sumuel stars as the clever valet Figaro, opposite soprano Olga Kulchynska as his betrothed, the wily maid Susanna. Baritone Joshua Hopkins is the skirt-chasing Count, with soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife and mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

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Key crew

• Richard EyreDirector
• Lorenzo da PonteWriter
• Pierre-Augustin Caron de BeaumarchaisWriter

Cast

• Michael SumuelFigaro
• Olga KulchynskaSusanna
• Maurizio MuraroDr. Bartolo
• Elizabeth BishopMarcellina
• Sun-Ly PierceCherubino
• Joshua HopkinsCount
• Federica LombardiCountess
• Brenton RyanDon Basilio
• Paul CoronaAntonio
• Mei Gui ZhangBarbarina
• Tony StevensonDon Curzio

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