Name: Le nozze di Figaro
Start: 2007-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2007-08-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Theater an der Wien

Organization

Baritone

Christopher Maltman

The Count of Almaviva

Soprano

Andrea Rost

The Countess of Almaviva

Elizabeth Futral

Susanna

Bass

Bass-baritone

Johan Reuter

Figaro

Mezzo-soprano

Anna Bonitatibus

Cherubino

Graciela Araya

Marcelline

Bjarni Thor Kristinsson

Bartolo

Tenor

Anthony Mee

Basilio

Karl-Michael Ebner

Don Curzio

Anja-Nina Bahrmann

Barbarina

Steffen Rössler

Antonio

Conductor

Michael Schønwandt

Stage director

Kasper Holten

Set designer

Set designer (+2)

Steffen Aarfing

Costume designer

Marie í Dali

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+2)

Jesper Kongshaug

Chorus master

Chorus master (+1)

Erwin Ortner

MusikTheater an der Wien

Orchestra

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

Theater an der Wien

Iodáilis

Le nozze di Figaro -  (The Marriage of Figaro)

Vienna

Austria

Opera

The Marriage of Figaro

Gearmáinis

Approved

When Mozart brought the intrigue of the valet Figaro onto the stage of the Viennese court theater in 1786, critics loyal to the emperor conjured a scandal. How could one set Beaumarchais' socially critical piece to music? How could Joseph II give his approval for the performance when the political developments in France were just demonstrating where this kind of artistic propaganda was leading? But in the end all obstacles were overcome, as Leopold Mozart reported to his daughter Nannerl in 1786: “Today, on the 28th, your brother's opera, Le nozze di Figaro, is going to scena for the first time. It will be a lot if he succeeds, for I know that he has astonishingly strong cabals against him. Salieri with all his followers will make every effort to get heaven and earth moving again ... "

English

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Ensemble