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Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro | Opus Arte OA0990D

Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro

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Label: Opus Arte

Cat No: OA0990D

Barcode: 0809478009900

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 3rd March 2008

Radio 3 Building a Library First Choice Gramophone Editor's Choice Gramophone Award Winner Penguin Guide 4 stars

Contents

Artists

Erwin Schrott
Miah Persson
Gerald Finley
Dorothea Röschmann
Graciela Araya
Ana James
Rinat Shaham
The Royal Opera Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor

Antonio Pappano

Works

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

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

Artists

Erwin Schrott
Miah Persson
Gerald Finley
Dorothea Röschmann
Graciela Araya
Ana James
Rinat Shaham
The Royal Opera Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor

Antonio Pappano

About

David McVicar’s spellbinding production of Le nozze di Figaro is set in 1830s post-revolution France, where the inexorable unravelling of an old order has produced acute feelings of loss.

In the relationship between Finley’s suave, dashingly self-absorbed Count and Röschmann’s passionately dignified Countess, which lies at the tragic heart of the opera, the sexy ease between a feisty Figaro (Erwin Schrott) and a sassy Susanna (Miah Persson) is starkly absent, the tenacious spark between Marcellina (Graciela Araya) and Bartolo (Jonathan Veira) suggesting what might be rekindled.

The production is superbly complemented by the beauty of Paule Constable’s lighting and Tanya McCallin’s evocative sets.

Antonio Pappano conducts (and accompanies the recitatives) with invigorating wit and emotional depth. A classic production, captured in High Definition video and surround sound.

Cast:
Figaro: Erwin Schrott
Susanna: Miah Persson
Count Almaviva: Gerald Finlay
Countess Almaviva: Dorothea Röschmann
Marcellina: Graciela Araya
Barbarina: Ana James
Cherubino: Rinat Shaham

Stage Director: David McVicar

Bonus material:
- The Magic of Mozart: Interviews with Antonio Pappano,
- David McVicar and principal cast.
- Cast gallery and illustrated synopsis.

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 10th, 13th and 17th February 2006.

This sexy, raunchy, romp of an opera is a triumph. Director David McVicar has searched for the essence of the composer and found it; fun filled, sensitive, romantic and serious by turns, all reflected in this production. This is a 'Must See' opera! ...You'll regret it if you don't!’ Musical Opinion

Running time 202 mins
Region code: All regions
Picture format: 16:9 Anamorphic
Sound format: DTS Surround 5.0 / LPCM Stereo
Menu language: EN Subtitles EN/FR/DE/ES/IT

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