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The Marriage of Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Opera
3h. 13 min.
Italian
FULL HD
Spanish
Production

It is not a question of divine inspiration, the truth is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart put considerable effort into looking for a suitable subject before composing The Marriage of Figaro. Another misconception is that this work reflects the values of the French Revolution, when in fact its underlying theme is a celebration of the “Ehepatent”, the new decree on marriage issued by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1783. This decree contained three principles that fascinated Mozart: marriage should be for love; the authorisation of the parents was no longer required; and there should be witnesses to the marriage, leading to the hilarious scene in the opera where Figaro is measuring a room which is scarcely big enough for the bed, when a chorus of twenty people suddenly appears, all of them witnesses. Both Mozart and Da Ponte were aware of the importance of such an edict as part of the modernisation of society, but they also knew that the human impulses are difficult to tame, so that compliance with the new law would be problematic.

 

The impossibility of human beings reaching utopia often leads to melancholy. Melancholy is present in this opera because all the characters end up losing something: the Countess - love; the Count - power; Figaro - his agility; Cherubino - his innocence; and Barbarina - her virginity. These fine threads weave a complex story and finally depict a humanity worthy of Beethoven: forgiveness is achieved due to the inner  strength of women, as in the leading women of an Almodóvar film.

 

The way Mozart handles the ensembles in this opera, the purification of Italian melody, and the refinement of German symphony all make The Marriage of Figaro one of the greatest masterpieces in the entire history of the genre, together with L’incoronazione di Poppea, Tristan und Isolde, Falstaff and Wozzeck.

Opera buffa in four acts

 

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on La folle journée ou le mariage de Figaro by Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais

Premiered at the Burtheater of Vienna on May 1, 1876

New production of the Teatro Real in coproduction with the Asociación Bilbaína de Amigos de la Ópera (A.B.A.O.) and the Teatro Pérez Galdós of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. With the collaboration of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre

Principal Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

 

Artistic team


Conductor | Jesús López Cobos

Stage director | Emilio Sagi

Set designer | Daniel Bianco

Costume designer | Renata Schussheim

Lighting designer | Eduardo Bravo

Choreographer | Nuria Castejón

Chorus master | Peter Burian

 

Cast


Count Almaviva | Ludovic Tézier

Countess Almaviva | Barbara Frittoli

Susanna | Isabel Rey

Figaro | Luca Pisaroni

Cherubino | Marina Comparato

Marcellina | Jeannette Fischer

Bartolo | Carlos Chausson

Basilio | Raúl Giménez

Don Curzio | Enrique Viana

Barbarina | Soledad Cardoso

Antonio | Miguel Sola

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