Met Opera in HD: Le Nozze di Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
An extraordinary cast powers Mozart's timeless comedy, accompanied by conductor Joana Mallwitz who makes her Met debut in this Richard Eyre production.
An extraordinary cast powers Mozart's timeless comedy, accompanied by conductor Joana Mallwitz who makes her Met debut in this Richard Eyre production.
Mozart's chaotic whirlwind of mistaken identities, twists and turns, is a comedy that takes place on a single crazy day—the wedding day of Figaro and Susanna. From the first notes of the famous overture through to the Count's lesson in marital fidelity, Mozart's musical invention conveys a story in which the women are portrayed as wiser, shrewder and more civilized than the men.
The stellar ensemble cast includes American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as the clever valet Figaro; Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska as his betrothed, the wily maid Susanna; Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins as the skirt-chasing Count; Italian soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife; and French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino. Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut with Mozart's comic masterpiece, in a production by Richard Eyre.
