Performance

Venue	Birmingham Hippodrome
	Also: DanceXchange,Patrick Centre
Town	Birmingham
County	West Midlands
From	4th November 2003
To	6th November 2003
When	Nov 4, 6 19:15
Prices	From £15.00. To £44.00.
Birmingham Hippodrome (V145)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)

Work:: The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) (S2018)

Count Almaviva lusts after the delicious Susanna, Figaro's bride to be. The neglected Countess pines for her husband's attentions and, as she tries to make him jealous, love and suspicion abound. Figaro must unravel the threads before he and Susanna can tie the knot. Also performed as Figaro's Wedding and Figaro!. First performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786

Music	Mozart
Lyrics	Da Ponte (after [Beaumarchais])

Production:: (T0639082011)

Sung in Italian with surtitles. Co-production with Opera Australia. Running time approx. 3hrs 20mins.

Company	Welsh National Opera
Conductor	Rinaldo Alessandrini (to Nov 13)
Conductor	Gareth Jones (from Nov 18)
Director	Neil Armfield
Design	Dale Ferguson
Lighting	Rory Dempster
Performer	Natalie Christie (Susanna)
Performer	Emma Bell (Countess Almaviva to Oct 30)
Performer	Geraldine McGreevy (Countess Almaviva from Nov 4)
Performer	Christopher Purves (Count Almaviva)
Performer	James Rutherford (Figaro)
Performer	Alan Fairs (Doctor Bartolo)
Performer	Arlene Rolph (Cherubino)
Performer	Anne Mason (Marcellina ex Oct 30)
Performer	Ros Evans (Marcellina Oct 30)
Performer	Aled Hall (Don Basilio / Don Curzio)
Performer	Charlotte Ellett (Barbarina)

Listing:: L1660560948

Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian with surtitles. Co-production with Opera Australia. Running time approx. 3hrs 20mins.

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