MOZART, W.A.: Nozze di Figaro (Le) (Champs-Elysees, 2004)
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492
Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Librettist/Text Author: Ponte, Lorenzo da
Libretto Source: Beaumarchais, Pierre-August
Conductor: Jacobs, Rene
Orchestra: Concerto Koln
Chorus: Choeur du Theatre des Champs-Elysees
Chorus Master: Kudela, Irene
Antonio: Svab, Alessandro
Barbarina: Courtin, Pauline
Bartolo: Abete, Antonio
Cherubino: Kirchschlager, Angelika
Don Basilio: Facini, Enrico
Don Curzio: Goubioud, Serge
Figaro: Pisaroni, Luca
Il Conte: Spagnoli, Pietro
La Contessa: Dasch, Annette
Marcellina: Pondjiclis, Sophie
Susanna: Joshua, Rosemary
Set Designer: Schavernoch, Hans
Costume Designer: Segonzac, Sylvie De
Lighting Designer: Kalman, Jean
Choreographer: Chiapalone, Cooky
Stage Director: Martinoty, Jean-Louis
Television Director: Barre, Pierre
Date of Production: 06-2004
Playing Time: 03:02:35
Catalogue Number: BAC017
UPC: 3760115300170
Libretto
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492 DE
Synopsis
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492
Recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in June 2004, this Marriage of Figaro was unanimously acclaimed by the public and critics alike as a Mozart opera landmark.
Director Jean-Louis Martinoty brings an elegantly intelligent narrative sense to an interpretation in which the protagonists, against a backdrop of magnificent canvases of 18th-century inspiration, are dressed by Sylvie de Segonzac in a palette in which every shade is perfect. Hans Schavernoch's set suggests an elitist society that is coming apart at the seams.
René Jacobs's conducting of Concerto Köln is meticulous and perfectly balanced, offering a ravishing use of tonal colour and orchestral dynamics.
A veteran Almaviva, the excellent Pietro Spagnoli plays opposite Annette Dasch's beauteous Countess. As Figaro and Susanna, Luca Pisaroni and Rosemary Joshua are a truly sparkling couple, while mezzo Angelika Kirchschlager embodies the most divinely troubling Cherubino.
