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The Marriage of Figaro (2012)

Rosina from *The Barber of Seville* is now Countess Almaviva, his wife. However, he is far from being a paragon of virtue. Among others, he is pursuing his wife’s maid, Susanna—who is to marry Figaro, now in the Count’s service—and his gardener’s daughter, Barbarina. He faces competition from the page Cherubino, who is in love with all women and in particular with the Countess, his godmother. Meanwhile, the elderly Marcellina, aided by Doctor Bartolo and the music master Basilio, seeks to prevent the marriage of Susanna and Figaro, as the latter has promised to marry her.
‘The Marriage of Figaro’ (‘Le nozze di Figaro’, K. 492) is a four-act opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte inspired by Beaumarchais’s comedy, ‘Le Mariage de Figaro’.

Release: 2012-06-27
Runtime: 180 min
Cast
Audun Iversen
Audun Iversen
Count Almaviva
Sally Matthews
Sally Matthews
Countess Almaviva
Vito Priante
Vito Priante
Figaro
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Lydia Teuscher
Susanna
Ann Murray
Ann Murray
Marcellina
Andrew Shore
Andrew Shore
Bartolo
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Sarah Shafer
Barbarina
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Robin Ticciati
Conductor
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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Orchestra