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

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Figaro), Aleksandra Kurzak (Susanna), Simon Keenlyside (Count Almaviva), Ann Murray (Marcellina), Anna Bonitatibus (Cherubino), Rachel Willis-Sorensen (Countess Almaviva), Carlo Lepore (Bartolo), Jeremy White (Antonio), Harry Nicoll (Don Curzio), Susana Gaspar (Barbarina)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (after [Beaumarchais])
Producer: Royal Opera House
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Director(s): David McVicar (original), Leah Hausman (revival), Leah Hausman (movement)
Design: Tanya McCallin
Lighting: Paule Constable