Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro
Directed by Jonathan Haswell
Plot
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.
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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
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Self - Composer
Philip Langridge
Don Basilio
Jeremy White
Antonio
Francis Egerton
Don Curzio
Glenys Groves
First Bridesmaid