Details

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

Cast/Performers

Sophie Bevan (Susanna), Anna Grevelius (Cherubino), James Oldfield (Figaro), Kishani Jayasinghe (Countess), Conal Coad (Dr Bartolo), Grant Doyle (Count), Jean Rigby (Marcellina), Daniel Norman (Basilio), Stuart Haycock (Curzio), Mary Bevan (Barbarina), Aidan Smith (Antonio)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (after [Beaumarchais])
Producer: Garsington Opera
Company: Garsington Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor: Douglas Boyd
Director: John Cox
Design: Robert Perdziola
Lighting: Bruno Poet