WRY COMEDY ABOUT LOVE-LE NOZZE DI FIGARO – BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Opera buffa in four acts (1786)
Sung in ItalianLibretto
Lorenzo da Ponte
Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro is a comic opera riddled with intrigues, disguises, mixed-up identities and double entendres. An opera about love: from randy excitement to melancholic disillusionment.
THE PLOT
For Figaro and Susanna, their upcoming wedding is a real obstacle course. The lustful Count Almaviva tries to put the moves on Susanna, who needs all her wits to dodge his advances, and Figaro’s guile is put to the test as he tries to undermine the Count’s power plays and sexual cat-and-mouse-games.
TEAM, CAST AND CHORUS
Orchestra Nederlands Kamerorkest
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
- Musical director
- Riccardo Minasi
- Stage director
- David Bösch
- Decor
- Patrick Bannwart
- Costume designer
- Meentje Nielsen
- Light designer
- Olaf Winter
- Dramaturgy
- Klaus Bertisch
- Instudering Koor
- Ching-Lien Wu
- Il Conte di Almaviva
- Davide Luciano
- La Contessa di Almaviva
- Ruzan Mantashyan (November 7, 10, 12, 14, 17)
Natalia Tanasii (November 19, 22, 26) - Susanna
- Ying Fang
- Figaro
- Riccardo Fassi
- Cherubino
- Polly Leech
- Marcellina
- Iris van Wijnen
- Bartolo
- Michael Hauenstein
- Basilio
- Lucas van Lierop
- Don Curzio
- Jeroen de Vaal
- Antonia
- Sam Carl (Dutch National Opera Studio)
DURATION 3:30
LANGUAGE ITALIAN SURTITLES ENGLISH AND DUTCH
NTRODUCTORY TALKS
Time: 45 minutes before the performance