Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro
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Released February 17, 2006
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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.
Cast
Erwin Schrott
as
Figaro
Miah Persson
as
Susanna
Gerald Finley
as
Comte Almaviva
Dorothea Röschmann
as
Comtesse Almaviva
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Graciela Araya
as
Marcellina
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Ana James
as
Barbarina
Rinat Shaham
as
Cherubino
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Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
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Self - Orchestra
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Jonathan Veira
as
Dr. Bartolo
Antonio Pappano
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Self - Conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Self - Composer
Philip Langridge
as
Don Basilio
