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Justin Brown

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David Pountney

Anna Harvey

Singer

Baritone

Mark Stone

Count

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Ralph Koltai

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Sue Blane

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Linus Fellbom

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Robin Don

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David Stout

Figaro

Soprano

Marie Arnet

Susanna

Elizabeth Watts

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Mezzo-soprano

Naomi O'Connell

Serafin

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Andrew Watts

The Cherub

Tenor

Alan Oke

The Major

Rhian Lois

Angelica

Welsh National Opera

Grand Théâtre de Genève

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Figaro Gets a Divorce

Plymouth

United Kingdom

Theatre Royal

Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes Theatre

Southampton

The Mayflower

Bristol

Hippodrome

Llandudno

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Wales Millennium Centre

Figaro Gets a Divorce Langer

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Private

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Figaro Gets a Divorce
Elena Langer

World première

Spring 2016

Music by Elena Langer
Liberetto by David Pountney

So, was it really happy ever after for the Almaviva household? Has the distant thunder of the revolution in France turned into a storm from which they cannot escape? What does the world of Figaro sound like in the hands of a contemporary composer?

These questions have intrigued David Pountney. So much so that he decided to provide some answers. He’s done this by commissioning a new opera by Elena Langer for which he has written the libretto. Comic moments collide with touching ones in an opera which is part comedy, part political thriller. Langer and Pountney have created an affectionate sequel to Mozart’s classic, a testimony to human courage and resilience.

The characters of The Marriage of Figaro are some of the best-loved in opera. For those of us who have seen the opera before, they can feel like people we know, even friends. Figaro Gets a Divorce, therefore, is a one-off reunion, a chance to catch-up with these old friends.

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• Performances start at 7.15pm, except Cardiff on Sunday 21 February at 4pm
• Running time approximately two hours and 30 minutes including one interval
• Sung in English with surtitles in English (and Welsh in Cardiff and Llandudno)
Co-production with Grand Théâtre de Genève
Supported by The Boltini Trust, WNO Commissions Group and WNO Partners

Figaro Gets a Divorce by Langer, From (2016/2016), Directed by David Pountney,, Conductor Justin Brown, Anna Harvey, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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