Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro
17/02/2006
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.
Movie Information
Erwin Schrott
as Figaro
Miah Persson
as Susanna
Gerald Finley
as Comte Almaviva
Dorothea Röschmann
as Comtesse Almaviva
Graciela Araya
as Marcellina
Ana James
as Barbarina
Rinat Shaham
as Cherubino
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
as Self - Orchestra
Jonathan Veira
as Dr. Bartolo
Antonio Pappano
as Self - Conductor
Chorus of the Royal Opera House
as Self - Chorus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
as Self - Composer
Philip Langridge
as Don Basilio
Jeremy White
as Antonio
Francis Egerton
as Don Curzio
Glenys Groves
as First Bridesmaid
Kate McCarney
as Second Bridesmaid
