The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

United States of America

• 2014-10-18(US)
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  Music
• ▪ 3h-18m

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Overview

Richard Eyre’s elegant production, which opened the Met’s 2014–15 season, sets the action of Mozart’s timeless social comedy in a manor house in 1930s Seville. Ildar Abdrazakov leads the cast as the resourceful Figaro set on outwitting his master, the philandering Count Almaviva, played by Peter Mattei. Marlis Petersen sings Susanna, the object of the Count’s affection and Figaro’s bride-to-be, Amanda Majeski is the Countess, and Isabel Leonard gives a standout performance as the pageboy Cherubino. Music Director James Levine on the podium brings out all the humor, drama, and humanity of Mozart’s score.

• Gary HalvorsonDirector

  Pierre-Augustin Caron de BeaumarchaisOriginal Story

  Lorenzo da PonteWriter

  Wolfgang Amadeus MozartOriginal Music Composer

  James LevineMusic Director

  Richard EyreProducer