Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s landmark production of Mozart’s most human comedy provides the perfect setting for this superb cast under James Levine’s ebullient leadership. The philandering and arrogant Count Almaviva (Thomas Allen) is no match for his wily servant Figaro (Ruggero Raimondi), whose soon-to-be-wife Susanna (Kathleen Battle) is as manipulative as she is charming. Add in one beautiful, disillusioned Countess (Carol Vaness) and one irrepressible, testosterone-laden teenage boy (Cherubino, played by Federica von Stade), and it’s no wonder some critics say this is the perfect opera.
Full SynopsisPerformance Info
Performance Date
Dec 14, 1985
Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Run Time
3 HRS 12 MIN
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus