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The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

2014-10-18 it 198m
Music
Richard Eyre’s elegant production, which opened the Met’s 2014–15 season, sets the action of Mozart’s timeless social comedy in a manor house in 1930s Seville. Ildar Abdrazakov leads the cast as the resourceful Figaro set on outwitting his master, the philandering Count Almaviva, played by Peter Mattei. Marlis Petersen sings Susanna, the object of the Count’s affection and Figaro’s bride-to-be, Amanda Majeski is the Countess, and Isabel Leonard gives a standout performance as the pageboy Cherubino. Music Director James Levine on the podium brings out all the humor, drama, and humanity of Mozart’s score.

Director

Gary Halvorson

Original Story

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

Writer

Lorenzo da Ponte

Original Music Composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music Director

James Levine

Producer

Richard Eyre

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Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • The Metropolitan Opera

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