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Release Date: 17 Fri, Feb 2006
David McVicar's spellbinding production of LE NOZZE DI FIGARO is set in 1830s post-revolution France, where the inexorable unravelling of an old order has produced acute feelings of loss. In the relationship between Finley's suave, dashingly self-absorbed Count and Röschmann's passionately dignified Countess, which lies at the tragic heart of the opera, the sexy ease between a feisty Figaro (Erwin Schrott) and a sassy Susanna (Miah Persson) is starkly absent, the tenacious spark between Marcellina (Graciela Araya) and Bartolo (Jonathan Veira) suggesting what might be rekindled. The production is superbly complemented by the beauty of Paule Constable's lighting and Tanya McCallin's evocative sets. Antonio Pappano conducts (and accompanies the recitatives) with invigorating wit and emotional depth.
as Figaro
as Susanna
as Comte Almaviva
as Comtesse Almaviva
as Marcellina
as Barbarina
as Cherubino
as Self - Orchestra
as Dr. Bartolo
as Self - Conductor
as Self - Composer
as Don Basilio
as Antonio
as Don Curzio
as First Bridesmaid
as Second Bridesmaid
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