It could all be so easy: The preparations for the wedding of the servants Figaro and Susanna are in full swing, and Figaro is already measuring up the nuptial bed. However, the insatiable Count Almaviva, who has been chasing after Susanna for some time, is doing his best to delay the ceremony, while Marcellina insists that Figaro fulfil a contract in which he agreed to marry her. By means of subterfuge, and with the aid of the aggrieved Countess, Figaro and Susanna are finally able to reconcile all the various lovebirds. Mozart’s »Figaro« was conceived as a sequel to Rossini’s »Il barbiere di Siviglia«. Although frostily received at its premiere – the servants rebel against their aristocratic masters and abolish the droit de seigneur – it went on to enjoy tremendous popularity, which it has retained until today.
Opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performed in Italian with German surtitles.
Running time 3 hours 15 minutes
Premiere 22 Jan 2006
Musical Director: Josep Caballé-Domenech
Staging: David Mouchtar-Samorai
Set Design: Heinz Hauser
Costume Design: Joachim Herzog
Lighting Design: Jan Seeger
Choir: Pablo Assante
Dramaturgy: Hans-Georg Wegner
Il Conte d'Almaviva: Zachary Nelson
La Contessa d'Almaviva: Barbara Senator
Susanna: Carolina Ullrich
Figaro: Tomislav Lucic
Cherubino: Christel Lötzsch
Marcellina: Andrea Ihle
Bartolo: Michael Eder
Don Basilio: Mert Süngü
Barbarina: Norma Nahoun
Don Curzio: Christopher Kaplan
Antonio: Julian Arsenault
Mädchen 1: Kira Tabatschnik
Mädchen 2: Heike Liebmann
Saxon State Opera Choir
Staatskapelle Dresden
With generous support of the Foundation for Support of the Semperoper
