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: Cambreling, Sylvain

Orchestra: Paris National Opera Orchestra

Chorus: Paris National Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Burian, Peter

Antonio: Caton, Frederic

Barbarina: Berthon, Cassandre

Bartolo: Bracht, Roland

Cherubino: Schafer, Christine

Don Basilio: Ulrich, Burkhard

Don Curzio: Lorenz, Eberhard Francesco

Figaro: Regazzo, Lorenzo

Il Conte di Almaviva: Mattei, Peter

La Contessa di Almaviva: Oelze, Christiane

Marcellina: Schneiderman, Helene

Susanna: Murphy, Heidi Grant

Set Designer: Viebrock, Anna

Costume Designer: Viebrock, Anna

Lighting Designer: Winter, Olaf

Choreographer: Stache, Thomas

Stage Director: Marthaler, Christoph

Sound Engineer: Becue, Cyril

Television Director: Grimm, Thomas

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Date of Production: 2006

Venue: Palais Garnier, Paris

Playing Time: 04:20:35

Catalogue Number: OA0960D

UPC: 809478009603

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

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Lorenzo da Ponte's libretto and Mozart's music were to transform the stock characters of the opera buffa tradition into real human beings, making Le Nozze di Figaro one of the most sophisticated operas of all time. A charming, expressive and witty Figaro, Lorenzo Regazzo leads a sparkling cast to illustrate superbly the timeless humanity of this masterpiece. Christoph Marthaler's take on Mozart's classic is both daringly original and highly contemporary, the setting transposed to a wedding-dress shop lit with neon lights and a shabby register office.

Bonus features:

- Illustrated Synopsis

- A Day of Real Madness – A documentary film by Reiner E. Moritz, including interviews with the cast and creative crew