Metropolitan Opera, PBS and THIRTEEN New York join forces once again for a ninth season of opera telecasts, beginning in January 2015. "Le Nozze di Figaro" is the season premiere of GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET.
"Le Nozze di Figaro" - Met music director James Levine conducts a spirited new production of Mozart’s masterpiece, directed by Richard Eyre, who sets the action of this classic domestic comedy in an 18th-century manor house in Seville during the 1930s.
Dashing bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov leads the cast in the title role of the clever servant, opposite Marlis Petersen as his bride, Susanna, Peter Mattei as the philandering count they work for, Amanda Majeski as the long-suffering countess and Isabel Leonard as the libidinous pageboy, Cherubino.
Richard Eyre in Rehearsal - The director blogged about preparations for his season-opening new production of Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro."
The Wall Street Journal found this new production of "Le Nozze di Figaro" to be "A swiftly paced, playful evening… Eyre skillfully built the comic ensembles to climaxes that made you laugh out loud… A happy Marriage at the Met." New York Magazine raved, "A ravishing, intricately wrought evening of music, humor and emotional depth… An evening like this is the strongest argument for the continued vigor of the Met."
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GP at the Met: Le Nozze di Figaro
"The season nine premiere of Great Performances at the Met is Mozart’s elegant masterpiece of marital discord
Le Nozze di Figaro: Marlis Petersen and Ildar Abdrazakov
"Ildar Abdrazakov
