Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro
2006 · 3h 4m
Music
Directed by
Antonio Pappano
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Antonio Pappano Director
- Erwin Schrott as Figaro
- Miah Persson as Susanna
- Gerald Finley as Comte Almaviva
- Dorothea Röschmann as Comtesse Almaviva
- Graciela Araya as Marcellina
- Ana James as Barbarina
- Rinat Shaham as Cherubino
- Orchestra of the Royal Opera House as Self - Orchestra
- Jonathan Veira as Dr. Bartolo
- Antonio Pappano as Self - Conductor
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