LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Event details
Our legendary John Cox production of Le nozze di Figaro returns with Bruno Ravella as revival director and with Robert Perdziola’s beautiful design, first seen at Garsington Manor. Cox’s elegant traditional staging brings the characters to life with humanity and empathy. At its heart is the wonder of Mozart with the Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Tabita Berglund, praised for her visionary and energetic Mozart interpretations.
It’s Susanna and Figaro’s wedding day and the chaos that ensues is full of delusion, disguise and misunderstanding. Count Almaviva is in pursuit of Susanna and Barbarina, the Countess is deeply unhappy, the cheeky teenage page Cherubino is constantly in the wrong place at the wrong time, Basilio makes trouble wherever he can, and the scheming Bartolo and Marcellina do their utmost to thwart the marriage plans for their own motives.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
“Something olde, something new, something borrowed, something blue”
Join the celebration of Figaro’s wedding by dressing as a guest – with blue as inspiration.
The theme is entirely optional and another way to enhance your experience.
★★★★
“As the Countess, Samantha Clarke sang a drop-dead gorgeous ‘Porgi amor’, accompanied by birdsong and warbling clarinets, while ‘Dove sono’ was no less beautiful”
Mark Pullinger, OperaNow, 3 June
★★★★
“Bethany Horak-Hallett was the pick of the bunch with her ardent, quivering Cherubino”
Melanie Eskenazi, MusicOMH, 31 May
★★★★
“John Cox’s production feels as fresh as ever. The strong cast in this latest reincarnation by revival director Bruno Ravella brings out the best of Mozart’s effervescent tunes and Lorenzo da Ponte’s comic brilliance, and the evening fizzes with fun.”
Charles Hebbert, Culture Whisper, 5 June
Cast & Creative Team
Cast
Figaro
David Ireland
Susanna
Claire Lees
Count Almaviva
Rafael Fingerlos
Countess Almaviva
Samantha Clarke
Cherubino
Bethany Horak-Hallett
Doctor Bartolo
Neal Davies
Marcellina
Susan Bickley
Don Basilio
Paul Nilon
Don Curzio
Bradyn Debysingh
Barbarina
Stephanie Hershaw
Antonio
Frazer Scott
Bridesmaid 1
Jessica Lawley
Bridesmaid 2
Hannah Bennett
Creative Team
Conductor
Tabita Berglund
Original Director
John Cox
Revival Director
Bruno Ravella
Designer
Robert Perdziola
Lighting Designer
Malcolm Rippeth
Original Choreographer
Kate Flatt
Revival Choreographer
Alex Gotch
Philharmonia Orchestra
Garsington Opera Chorus
Videos
Claire Lees in Orfeo
A former Alvarez Young Artist (2022) and 2023 Leonard Ingrams Award winner for her role as Naiad in Ariadne auf Naxos, Claire will take the role of Susanna.
Relive Claire’s performance as La Musica in our 2022 production of Orfeo in this clip with The English Concert under the direction of Laurence Cummings.
Rafael Fingerlos sings Cornelius
Making his Garsington Opera and UK debut as The Count in this iconic production, Rafael is an established name on the stages of Europe having performed in Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala and Teatro Real, Madrid, to name but a few.
Here is Rafael’s rendition of Cornelius’s Drei Könige (Three Kings) accompanied by Sascha El Mouissi.
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