Released:
2006-02-17

Overview:
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.

Director:
Jonathan Haswell

Runtime:
3h 4min

Genre:
Music

• Cast:
• 
  Erwin Schrott
  as
  Figaro
• 
  Miah Persson
  as
  Susanna
• 
  Gerald Finley
  as
  Comte Almaviva
• 
  Dorothea Röschmann
  as
  Comtesse Almaviva
• 
  Graciela Araya
  as
  Marcellina