Le nozze di Figaro is Lorenzo Da Ponte’s and Mozart’s first of their three jointly created operas about attempts at interpersonal relationships: a turbulent comedy with erotic entanglements, which was not a harmless comedy even in Mozart’s day. Director Martin Kušej moves the drama of love and jealousy to a mafia-like urban milieu where conflicts are fought out with pistols. Young French conductor Raphaël Pichon, “original sound expert” (Der Tagesspiegel) and for the first time on the podium of the Wiener Philharmoniker, leads a young ensemble of singers around clan boss Almaviva (“vocally flawlessly brilliant: Andrè Schuen”, Hamburger Abendblatt).

“Kušej’s staging is musical, Pichon’s conducting theatrical; the two work together to a degree that is far more rare than it should be. Every detail has been carefully thought through, and the symbiosis is breathtaking.” – Financial Times

Cast:
- Il Conte di Almaviva: Andrè Schuen
- La Contessa di Almaviva: Adriana González
- Susanna: Sabine Devieilhe
- Figaro: Krzysztof Bączyk
- Cherubino: Lea Desandre
- Marcellina: Kristina Hammarström
- Bartolo: Peter Kálmán
- Basilio; Manuel Günther
- Don Curzio: Andrew Morstein
- Barbarina; Serafina Starke
- Antonio: Rafał Pawnuk

Recording date: Salzburg Festival, Haus für Mozart, August 2023
Sound format: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 51
Picture: 1080i, 16:9
Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Japanese
Booklet: English, German, French
Total running time: 178 mins