This production of Le nozze di Figaro is directed by Jürgen Flimm, Intendant of the Staatsoper Berlin from 2010 to 2018, who characterizes it as follows: “Figaro is by far the best work ever devised for the stage; it combines everything that moves the human heart and mind – forlorn hope, pleasantry, satire, profound significance, also much ado about nothing and vain amours.”

This production with a star-studded ensemble of soloists was Flimm’s third staging of this musical masterpiece, and this time he places the plot in Count Almaviva‘s summer residence – a place where the count spent his childhood, a place full of memories where time has left its marks. It is in this hot atmosphere of summer that the great day unfolds: holidays, sun, sea, pretty women take a fancy to pretty men and pretty men take a fancy to pretty women. A midsummer night‘s dream full of tangled paths and futile longing where the women pull the strings of intrigue with their gentle hands.

“Nothing is harder to put on stage than lightness. And humor is the sharpest weapon of the desperate. That is why it is an obligation, indeed a must, to enjoy this Figaro by Jürgen Flimm at the Staatsoper to the fullest.­” – ARD Radio

Cast:
- Count Almaviva: Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
- Countess Almaviva: Dorothea Röschmann
- Susanna: Anna Prohaska
- Figaro: Lauri Vasar
- Cherubino: Marianne Crebassa

Stage direction: Jürgen Flimm & Bettina Hartmann
Set design: Magdalena Gut
Costume design: Ursula Kudrna
Light design: Olaf Freese