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 {…}
On June 9, 2023, The North End Music & Performing Arts Center Opera Project (NEMPAC), in collaboration with Boston Festival Orchestra, will present “Le nozze di Figaro.” Held at the Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts in Cambridge, the production will take the work to a 1950s American setting. This marks the second collaboration between NEMPAC and BFO, following their sold-out {…}
Opera Omaha will conclude its 2022-23 Mainstage Season with a production of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro.” The company will present a production by Dean Anthony with conductor Steven White. The cast will include Sidney Outlaw in his Opera Omaha debut as Figaro, with Vanessa Becerra as Susanna. The cast includes Michael Adams, Mary Feminear, Kristen Choi, Victoria Livengood, Rod Nelman, Graham Brooks, Karina Brazas, {…}
The Royal Academy of Music will present “Le Nozze di Figaro” this March. Starting on March 21, 2023, at the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, the production will be conducted by Alice Farnham and directed by Stephen Medcalf. Jamie Vartan will be the production designer while Simon Corder will act as the lighting designer. The famed Mozart opera will run through March {…}
(Credit: Charles Duprat / Opéra national de Paris) (This review is for performances on November 25 and 27) Netia Jones’ staging proves how much an ill-conceived mis-en-scene can affect the music, even when it is Mozart. In Portuguese, we say that Mozart’s music must be as a perfect and smooth as a rare pearl. There is even an adjective “perolado” {…}