Details

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 Sun in Italian with English supertitles. A revival of the 2000 Festival Production sponsored by Coutts.

Cast/Performers

Christopher Maltman (Figaro), Sarah Fox (Susanna), Ruth Ziesak (Countess), Mariusz Kwiecien (Count), Jonathan Veira (Bartolo), Diana Montague (Marcellina), Linda Tuvas (Cherubino), John Graham Hall (Don Basilio), Graeme Danby (Antonio), Andrew Forbes-Lane (Don Curzio), Claire Ormshaw (Barbarina)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (after [Beaumarchais])
Producer: Glyndebourne Opera
Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth
Director(s): Graham Vick (Original Director), Jacopo Spirei (Revival Director)
Design: Richard Hudson
Lighting: Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer(s): Ron Howell (Original Movement Director), Maxine Braham (Revival Movement Director)
Company(s): London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus