Le nozze di Figaro

Le nozze di Figaro

183 mins | Music | Dec. 14, 1990

In this modern-day presentation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's beloved opera "Le Nozze di Figaro," acclaimed American director Peter Sellars moves the action from a castle in Seville to a Trump Tower penthouse on New York City's Fifth Avenue. Sellars's contemporary retelling of a classic musical tale is one of three performances in a Mozart series the others are "Don Giovanni" and "'Così Fan Tutte."

Le nozze di Figaro

183 mins | Music | Dec. 14, 1990

Le nozze di Figaro
In this modern-day presentation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's beloved opera "Le Nozze di Figaro," acclaimed American director Peter Sellars moves the action from a castle in Seville to a Trump Tower penthouse on New York City's Fifth Avenue. Sellars's contemporary retelling of a classic musical tale is one of three performances in a Mozart series the others are "Don Giovanni" and "'Così Fan Tutte."
Producers
Original title Le nozze di Figaro
Directors Peter Sellars
Writers Lorenzo da Ponte

Cast

Sanford Sylvan

as Figaro

Jeanne Ommerlé

as Susanna

James Maddalena

as Il conte d'Almaviva

Jayne West

as La contessa d'Almaviva

Susan Larson

as Cherubino

Lynn Torgove

as Barbarina

Frank Kelley

as Don Basilio

David Evitts

as Dottore Bartolo

Sue Ellen Kuzma

as Marcellina

Herman Hildebrand

as Antonio

William Cotton

as Don Curzio

Wiener Symphoniker

as Self – Orchestra