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The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 18, 2014

Runtime

3h 18m

Genres

Music

Original Title

The Metropolitan Opera: Le Nozze Di Figaro

Production Companies

The Metropolitan Opera

Director

Gary Halvorson

Description

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.