Organization

Singer

Bass

Dionysios Sourbis

Figaro

Baritone

Dimitri Platanias

The Count of Almaviva

Mezzo-soprano

Miranda Makrynioti

Cherubino

Soprano

Marissia Papalexiou

Marcelline

Marilena Striftobola

Barbarina

Kostis Rasidakis

Antonio

Stage director

Alexandros Eukleidis

Conductor

Vassilis Christopoulos

Lighting designer

Melina Mascha

Costume designer

Ioanna Tsami

Set designer

Giannis Katranitsas

Associate Director

Angela Kleopatra Saroglou

Yanni Yannissis

Bartolo

Tenor

Christos Kechris

Basilio

Yannis Kalyvas

Don Curzio

Chorus master

Agathangelos Georgakatos

Cellia Costea

The Countess of Almaviva

Aphrodite Patoulidou

Susanna

Greek National Opera

Orchestra

GNO Orchestra

Others

GNO Chorus

Le nozze di Figaro -  (The Marriage of Figaro)

Athens

Greece

In Alexandros Eflklidis’ imaginative staging, the fine shades of Mozart’s musico-theatrical genius are brought out through a cinematic set portraying a universe of retro paradoxicality. Mozart’s characters are turned into the cogs of a strange world underlining the eternal struggle for improvement of one’s social position and dignity. The filmlike set is highlighted by the shooting, which focuses on the details of the performances, while also emphasising the productions’ CinemaScope aspect.
In the leading roles we find younger but also internationally acclaimed soloists of the GNO, such as Dimitri Platanias, Cellia Costea, Dionysios Sourbis, Afroditi Patoulidou, Miranda Makrynioti, etc.
Le nozze di Figaro was first performed in Vienna in 1876, three years prior to the French Revolution. Lorenzo da Ponte’s libretto, which is based on Beaumarchais’ five-act comedy La folle journée ou Le Mariage de Figaro (The Mad Day or The Marriage of Figaro), echoes the turbulent era and the rivalry between two different social classes: that of the Count and Countess Almaviva, and the one of their servants, Susanna and Figaro. More specifically, the story of Le nozze is about Figaro and Susanna’s effort to get married despite the obstacles put in their way by the Count.

Le nozze di Figaro Mozart

Public

The Marriage of Figaro

Approved

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