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Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro | Glyndebourne GFOCD00162

Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro

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Label: Glyndebourne

Cat No: GFOCD00162

Barcode: 0878280000016

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 2nd June 2008

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Contents

Artists

Mirella Freni
Heinz Blankenburg
Gabriel Bacquier
Leyla Gencer
Edith Mathis
Carlo Cava
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus

Conductor

Silvio Varviso

Works

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492

Artists

Mirella Freni
Heinz Blankenburg
Gabriel Bacquier
Leyla Gencer
Edith Mathis
Carlo Cava
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus

Conductor

Silvio Varviso

About

‘Musically it [Glyndebourne] has from the very beginning had the highest standards, and in fact was responsible for bringing Mozart back into the currency of English musical life.’ - Sir Peter Hall, The Independent 2006

Le nozze di Figaro has been Glyndebourne’s ‘signature’ opera since the company was founded in 1934. To the social satire of Beaumarchais’s original play da Ponte added the sparkling bustle of Italian intrigue, and Mozart a miraculous, fizzing score whose music rings variations on the pains, pleasure and follies of the human heart.

This recording of the 1962 Glyndebourne production features a vintage cast with Heinz Blankenburg in the title role and Mirella Freni as Susanna, who had made her international breakthrough at Glyndebourne the previous summer. Silvio Varviso conducts and his ‘elegant touch for opera’ (New York Times) is much in evidence.

It will surprise no-one who saw her Zerlina here last year or recently at Covent Garden that Miss Freni makes an enchanting Susanna, but Mr Blankenburg’s Figaro is new to English audiences and is entirely worthy of her, concealing a wealth of energy and passion beneath his chubby smile.’ - The Times, 1962

… In Silvio Varviso, Glyndebourne have found a conductor who can communicate Mozart’s warmth of heart and amazing complexity of mood as well as his brilliance and gaiety.’ - The Observer, 1962

With his [Varviso’s] conducting the listener was not so much conscious of the music as charmed and consumed by it – and in the end entranced by its eternal beauty.’ - Daily Express, 1962

… the performance brought us closer to the spirit of Mozart and of Glyndebourne than anything else that we can see in this delightful opera house. … One of the very finest performances of the opera that I have seen.’ - Music and Musicians, 1962

Cast:
- Mirella Freni: Susanna
- Heinz Blankenburg: Figaro
- Gabriel Bacquier: Count Almaviva
- Leyla Gencer: Countess Almaviva
- Edith Mathis: Cherubino
- Carlo Cava: Dr. Bartolo

Recorded live at Glyndebourne on 9 June 1962.

Includes a luxury, 320-page hard-bound book packaging containing an essay by David Cairns, a synopsis in English, French and German, and full libretto in Italian, English, French and German.

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