Director David McVicar brings out the revolutionary elements in Mozart’s great comic opera of intrigue, misunderstanding and forgiveness.
Servants Figaro and Susanna are filled with excitement on their wedding day, but there’s a hitch: their employer, the Count Almaviva, has dishonourable intentions of his own towards the bride-to-be. With more twists than a page boy’s stockings, the story of Mozart’s comic opera will surprise and delight you at every turn. Come for the music and stay for the cross-dressing hilarity, all unfolding over the course of one crazy, topsy-turvy day in the Almaviva household. Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts a truly international cast in David McVicar’s timeless production.
Running time: 4 hours (including one interval)
Tickets £12
Language: Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Filmed in: January 2022
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Director: David McVicar
Designer: Tanya McCallin
Lighting designer: Paule Constable
Movement director: Leah Hausman
Conducted by: Antonio Pappano
Figaro: Riccardo Fassi
Susanna: Giulia Semenzato
Count Almaviva: Germane E. Alcantara
Countess Almaviva: Federica Lombardi
Cherubino: Hanna Hipp
Don Basilio: Gregory Bonfatti
Marcellina: Monica Bacelli
Bartolo: Gianluca Buratto
Antonio: Jeremy White
Barbarina: Alexandra Lowe
Don Curzio: Alasdair Elliott
Royal Opera ChorusOrchestra of the Royal Opera House