Performance

VenueRoyal Opera House
Other spaces: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From24th June 2008
To19th July 2008
WhenJun08 24, 27, 30, Jul08 2, 8, 10, 16, 19 at 19:00. Jul08 5, 12 at 18:30
PricesFrom £7.00. To £165.00.
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The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)

The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)T0692013133
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])


Archive :: production:T0692013133, opera or operetta:S2018, venue:V377
Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Approx running time 3 hours 30 minutes. Production originally supported (2006) by The Friends of Covent Garden. BP Summer Big Screen Jul 16 19:00 - Central London location tbc/Canada Square Canary Wharf/Chertsey Road Sunbury/Lakeside Shopping Centre Thurrock/Botanic Gardens Belfast

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Company

Producer Royal Opera
Conductor Charles Mackerras Jun 24 / 27 / 30 Jul 2 / 5 / 10 / 12 / 16)
Conductor David Syrus (Jul 8 / 19)
Director David McVicar
Design Tanya McCallin
Lighting Paule Constable
Director Leah Hausman (movement)
Performer Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Figaro)
Performer Aleksandra Kurzak (Susanna)
Performer Robert Lloyd (Bartolo)
Performer Ann Murray (Marcellina)
Performer Anna Bonitatibus (Cherubion - Jun 24 / 27 / 30 Jul 2 / 5 / 8)
Performer Sophie Koch (Cherubino - Jul 10 / 12 / 16 / 19)
Performer Peter Mattei (Count Almaviva)
Performer Robin Leggate (Don Basilio)
Performer Barbara Frittoli (Countess Almaviva)
Performer Donald Maxwell (Antonio)
Performer Harry Nicoll (Don Curzio)
Performer Kishani Jayasinghe (Barbarina)
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