The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

198 mins | Music | Oct. 18, 2014

Richard Eyre’s elegant production, which opened the Met’s 2014–15 season, sets the action of Mozart’s timeless social comedy in a manor house in 1930s Seville. Ildar Abdrazakov leads the cast as the resourceful Figaro set on outwitting his master, the philandering Count Almaviva, played by Peter Mattei. Marlis Petersen sings Susanna, the object of the Count’s affection and Figaro’s bride-to-be, Amanda Majeski is the Countess, and Isabel Leonard gives a standout performance as the pageboy Cherubino. Music Director James Levine on the podium brings out all the humor, drama, and humanity of Mozart’s score.

The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

198 mins | Music | Oct. 18, 2014

The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro
Richard Eyre’s elegant production, which opened the Met’s 2014–15 season, sets the action of Mozart’s timeless social comedy in a manor house in 1930s Seville. Ildar Abdrazakov leads the cast as the resourceful Figaro set on outwitting his master, the philandering Count Almaviva, played by Peter Mattei. Marlis Petersen sings Susanna, the object of the Count’s affection and Figaro’s bride-to-be, Amanda Majeski is the Countess, and Isabel Leonard gives a standout performance as the pageboy Cherubino. Music Director James Levine on the podium brings out all the humor, drama, and humanity of Mozart’s score.
Producers The Metropolitan Opera
Original title The Metropolitan Opera: Le Nozze Di Figaro
Directors Gary Halvorson
Writers Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Lorenzo da Ponte

Cast

Amanda Majeski

as Countess Almaviva

Marlis Petersen

as Susanna

Isabel Leonard

as Cherubino

Peter Mattei

as Count Almaviva

Ildar Abdrazakov

as Figaro