Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro

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.

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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