MOZART, W.A.: Nozze di Figaro (Le) [Opera] (Glyndebourne, 2012)
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492
Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Librettist/Text Author: Ponte, Lorenzo da
Conductor: Ticciati, Robin
Orchestra: Age of Enlightenment Orchestra
Chorus: Glyndebourne Chorus
Chorus Master: Bines, Jeremy
Antonio: Folwell, Nicholas
Barbarina: Shafer, Sarah
Bartolo: Shore, Andrew
Cherubino: Leonard, Isabel
Count Almaviva: Iversen, Audun
Countess Almaviva: Matthews, Sally
Don Basilio: Oke, Alan
Don Curzio: Judson, Colin
Figaro: Priante, Vito
First Bridesmaid: Laugharne, Ellie
Marcellina: Murray, Ann
Second Bridesmaid: Bray, Katie
Susanna: Teuscher, Lydia
Set Designer: Oram, Christopher
Costume Designer: Oram, Christopher
Lighting Designer: Constable, Paule
Stage Director: Grandage, Michael
Television Director: Roussillon, Francois
Date of Production: 2012
Festival: Glyndebourne Opera Festival
Venue: Glyndebourne Opera House
Playing Time: 02:50:16
Catalogue Number: OA1102D
UPC: 809478011026
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
Perhaps no opera is as closely and affectionately associated with a single house as Le nozze di Figaro is with Glyndebourne. Effortlessly witty yet shot through with pain and sadness, this deeply ambivalent day in the life of masters and servants as they scheme and outwit one another was Glyndebourne's opening production in 1934.
Michael Grandage's staging is the seventh, set in a louche Sixties ambience. Marshalled by the 'ideal pacing' of Robin Ticciati, a youthful cast of principals has 'no weak link' and 'looks gorgeous' in a production that continues Glyndebourne's rewarding history of engagement with Mozart's and Da Ponte's 'day of madness.' (The Sunday Times)
