Le Nozze di Figaro

Le Nozze di Figaro

Music | May 28, 1994

Live from Glyndebourne 1994. The first production to be filmed Live in Glyndebourne´s new opera house May 1994. The Marriage of Figaro is a continuation of the plot of The Barber of Seville several years later, and recounts a single “day of madness” in the palace of the Count Almaviva near Seville, Spain. Rosina is now the Countess; Dr. Bartolo is seeking revenge against Figaro for thwarting his plans to marry Rosina himself; and Count Almaviva has degenerated from the romantic youth of Barber into a scheming, bullying, skirt-chasing baritone. This follows the Count trying to obtain favours from Susanna, Figaro’s bride to be, under the nose of the Countess.

Le Nozze di Figaro

Music | May 28, 1994

Le Nozze di Figaro
Live from Glyndebourne 1994. The first production to be filmed Live in Glyndebourne´s new opera house May 1994. The Marriage of Figaro is a continuation of the plot of The Barber of Seville several years later, and recounts a single “day of madness” in the palace of the Count Almaviva near Seville, Spain. Rosina is now the Countess; Dr. Bartolo is seeking revenge against Figaro for thwarting his plans to marry Rosina himself; and Count Almaviva has degenerated from the romantic youth of Barber into a scheming, bullying, skirt-chasing baritone. This follows the Count trying to obtain favours from Susanna, Figaro’s bride to be, under the nose of the Countess.
Producers
Original title Le Nozze di Figaro
Directors Stephen Medcalf, Derek Bailey
Writers Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Lorenzo da Ponte

Cast

Renée Fleming

as Countess Almaviva

Gerald Finley

as Figaro

Alison Hagley

as Susanna

Andreas Schmidt

as Count Almaviva

Manfred Röhrl

as Bartolo

Wendy Hillhouse

as Marcellina

Marie-Ange Todorovitch

as Cherubino

Donald Adams

as Antonio

Robert Tear

as Don Basilio

John Graham-Hall

as Don Cruzio

Susan Gritton

as Barbarina

Liza Pulman

as Bridesmaid