The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

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

Cast/Performers

Mary Bevan (Susanna), David Ireland (Figaro), Neal Davies (Dr Bartolo), Rebecca Evans (Marcellina), Hanna Hipp (Cherubino), Hubert Francis (Don Basilio / Don Curzio), Nardus Williams (Countess Almaviva), Cody Quattlebaum (Count Almaviva), Trevor eliot Bowes (Antonio), Ava Dodd (Barbarina)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (after [Beaumarchais])
Company: English National Opera
Conductor(s): Ainars Rubikis, Tess Jackson
Director(s): Joe Hill-Gibbins, Jenny Ogilvie (movement)
Design: Johannes Schutz
Costume: Astrid Klein
Lighting: Matthew Richardson
Translation: Jeremy Sams