Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492

Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Librettist/Text Author: Ponte, Lorenzo da

Conductor: Barenboim, Daniel

Orchestra: Berlin Staatskapelle

Chorus: Berlin State Opera Chorus

Antonio: Zettisch, Bernd

Barbarina: Zeuge, Yvonne

Bartolo: Youn, Kwangchul

Cherubino: Risley, Patricia

Conte Almaviva: Trekel, Roman

Contessa Almaviva: Magee, Emily

Don Basilio: Schreier, Peter

Figaro: Pape, Rene

Marcellina: Lang, Rosemarie

Susanna: Roschmann, Dorothea

Set Designer: Kapplmuller, Herbert

Costume Designer: Yabara, Yoshio

Stage Director: Langhoff, Thomas

Television Director: Tarta, Alexandre

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Date of Production: 1999

Venue: Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin

Playing Time: 03:10:53

Catalogue Number: P035

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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Featuring one of the most popular Mozart operas, Le Nozze di Figaro, a witty satire on the authority of the reigning noble class and infidelity in love relationships. Starring a great cast of singers with Dorothea Roschmann, Rene Pape, Emily Magee and Peter Schreier - to name but a few - this performance is conducted by Daniel Barenboim, chief conductor of the Berlin State Orchestra since 1992 named conductor for life by the orchestra in 2000.

The specialized press and the public cheered this production of Le nozze di Figaro at the Mozart Festival of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin as a veritable "festival of voices" and a "complete success".