The Semperoper Dresden has announced a conductor change for its upcoming production of “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The company revealed that Giulio Cilona will take over for Riccardo Minasi, leading a run that stars Christoph Pohl, Julia Kleiter, Anna El-Khashem, Michael Nagl, and Cecilia Mayer. Cilona, the winner of the 2024 Ernst-von-Schuch Conducting Prize, Kapellmeister at Deutsche Oper Berlin, and {…}
The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive “Le Nozze di Figaro” for 13 performances. The opera will be conducted by Joana Mallwitz, who makes her company debut and will showcase Richard Eyre’s production. There will be two casts for the work, the first of which showcases Federica Lombardi, Olga Kulchynska, Sun-Ly Pierce, Joshua Hopkins, and Michael Sumel. The second cast {…}
The Curtis Opera Theatre continues its Centennial Series with Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The opera will be presented on Feb. 27–28, 2025 and March 1–2, 2025 at the Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center. Conductor Nicholas McGegan and director Marcus Shields lead the work. Robert Frazier and Evan Gray share the role of Figaro alongside Nathan Schludecker and Emilio Vasquez as {…}
The Festival Vicenza in Lirica will present “Le nozze di Figaro” during the 2025 edition. The company said it will present the work following “Don Giovanni” productions in 2022 and “Così fan tutte” in 2023. The opera will be presented in September 2025 at the Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza and will star winners of the “Concorso lirico Tullio Serafin.” In {…}
The Mozartists are heading to Cadogan Hall for a performance of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Set for Oct. 21, 2024, the showcase features Alexandra Lowe as the Countess, James Atkinson as Count Almaviva, Ellie Laugharne as Susanna, and Antoin Herrera-López Kessel as Figaro. Other cast members include Frances Gregory, Alessandro Fisher, Katija Dragojevic, Trevor Eliot Bowes, and Isabelle Haile. {…}
(Credit: Clive Barda) As marriages go, this wasn’t one made in heaven. But despite an uneven performance, it ultimately won the audience over and did have moments of striking musical beauty. As the opening night for the 2024-25 season at Covent Garden, the revival of David McVicar’s “Le nozze di Figaro” did predictably well, and filled the house on a {…}
The International Mai-Festival Wiesbaden has announced a cast change for an upcoming production. The company revealed that German-Russian soprano Anastasiya Taratorkina will take the role of Susanna in “Le Nozze di Figaro,” replacing Joyce El-Khoury. She joins a cast starring Slávka Zámecniková, Konstantin Krimmel, Heather Engebretson, Franziska Gottwald, and Erik Biegel, among others. Konrad Junghänel conducts a production directed by {…}
The Wiener Staatsoper has announced another cast change for “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The company said that Riccardo Fassi will sing the role of Figaro replacing Peter Kellner on Nov. 9. This is the second performance Fassi sings the opera replacing the originally announced singer. Previously he sang the Nov. 6 performance. Fassi is known for his Verdi, Mozart, Bellini, and {…}
The Calgary Opera is set to open with Mozart’s”Le Nozze di Figaro.” The opera will be conducted by Jonathan Brandani and directed by Aria Umezawa. The cast will include Marcell Bakonyi as Figaro Lucia Cesaroni as Suanna, Talise Trevigne as the Countess, and Phillip Addis as the Count. The cast will be rounded out by Carolyn Sproule as Cherubino and Matthew {…}
Photo Credit: Karen Almond When you think of friends in opera, who do you think of? Perhaps your mind goes to the happiness shared between sisters in “Cosi Fan Tutte.” Or, more seriously, you think of the squabbles inherent in Johann Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus.” Whatever it may be, you don’t have to look far to find more than meets the {…}
(Photo Credit: SF/Matthias Horn) “Le Nozze di Figaro” in Salzburg is always a big challenge; it is Mozart’s city. The festival public is not conservative per se, but it does have high standards for Mozart, and will not willingly countenance simplistic approaches to the opera that would diminish Mozart and Da Ponte’s powerful message in name of some moralism. But {…}