Le Nozze di Figaro in Opera Bastille 2010
26th, 28th, 31th October 2010 Opera Bastille Paris
Opera Buffa in four acts (1786)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte after "Le Mariage de Figaro"
by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Performed in Italian
The Marriage of Figaro returns to Paris Opera in Giorgio Strehler's legendary production, revised by those who attended its birth. A great moment in the history of opera with the finest Mozartians of our day.
Philippe Jordan (A)/ Dan Ettinger (B) Conductor
Giorgio Strehler Stage director and lighting
Humbert Camerlo Realisation
Ezio Frigerio Sets and costumes
Jean Guizerix Choreography
Marise Flach Movement assistant
Alessandro Di Stefano Chorus master
Ludovic Tézier / Dalibor Jenis (A) / Christopher Maltman (B) Il Conte di Almaviva
Barbara Frittoli (A) / Dorothea Röschmann (B) La Contessa di Almaviva
Ekaterina Syurina (A) / Julia Kleiter (B) Susanna
Luca Pisaroni (A) / Erwin Schrott (B) Figaro
Karine Deshayes (A) / Isabel Leonard (B) Cherubino
Ann Murray Marcellina
Robert Lloyd (A) / Maurizio Muraro (B) Bartolo
Robin Leggate Don Basilio
Antoine Normand Don Curzio
Maria Virginia Savastano (A)/ Zoe Nicolaidou (B) Barbarina
Christian Tréguier Antonio
Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Production from Teatro Alla Scala, Milan