Les Noces de Figaro, Opéra Garnier de Paris

Synopsis

The Marriage of Figaro is one of the most emblematic operas in the repertoire. Brahms spoke of it as a “miracle” and the Countess' complaint still resonates today as one of the most heartbreaking musical pages. It was by resuming Beaumarchais' comedy, which caused a scandal in Parisian society, that Mozart and his librettist Da Ponte began their first collaboration. The play was banned by Joseph II in 1785 at the Vienna Theater. Is it because it exposed too much to the forefront the contradictions of an already faltering regime, ready to collapse with the French Revolution? Netia Jones preserves the very essence of Beaumarchais' play by questioning human relationships with humor but not without mischief, in a production which confuses reality and fiction to the point of asking, like the Count: "Are we playing a comedy?" »

Main Cast

Luca Pisaroni

Figaro

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James Creswell

Bartolo

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Ying Fang

Susanna

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Lea Desandre

Cherubin

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Maria Bengtsson

Comtesse Almaviva

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Peter Mattei

Comte Almaviva

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Dorothea Röschmann

Marceline

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Miah Persson

Comtesse Almaviva

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Lorenzo da Ponte
Sound	Sound	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Music Director	Γκουστάβο Ντουνταμέλ
Directing	Director	Netia Jones
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Designer	Netia Jones
Department	Role	Name

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