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The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)


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Count Almaviva lusts after the delicious Susanna, Figaro's bride to be. The neglected Countess pines for her husband's attentions and, as she tries to make him jealous, love and suspicion abound. Figaro must unravel the threads before he and Susanna can tie the knot. Also performed as Figaro's Wedding and Figaro!. First performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786
Music Mozart
Lyrics Da Ponte (after [Beaumarchais])

Production details

Approx running time 3 hours 20 minutes. Sung in Italian with English surtitles (+ Welsh surtitles in Cardiff).

News etc

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Company

Company Welsh National Opera
Company Opera Australia
Conductor tba
Director Neil Armfield
Design Dale Ferguson
Lighting Rory Dempster (original lighting designer)
Performer Matthew Rose (Figaro)
Performer Ailish Tynan (Susanna)
Performer Elizabeth Atherton (Countess Almaviva)
Performer Arlene Rolph (Cherubino)
Performer Ros Evans (Marcellina)
Performer Alan Fairs (Doctor Bartolo)
Performer Elizabeth Donovan (Barbarina)
Performer William Dazeley (Count Almaviva)
Performer Aled Hall (Don Basilio/Don Curzio)
Performer Paul Hudson (Antonio)
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