Le Nozze di Figaro [Blu-ray] Overview
David McVicar's spellbinding production of Le nozze di Figaro is
set in 1830s post-revolution France, where the inexorable
unravelling of an old order has produced acute feelings of loss. In
the relationship between Finley's suave, dashingly self-absorbed
Count and Röschmann's passionately dignified Countess, which
lies at the tragic heart of the opera, the sexy ease between a
feisty Figaro (Erwin Schrott) and a sassy Susanna (Miah Persson)
is starkly absent, the tenacious spark between Marcellina
(Graciela Araya) and Bartolo (Jonathan Veira) suggesting what
might be rekindled. The production is superbly complemented
by the beauty of Paule Constable's lighting and Tanya McCallin's
evocative sets. Antonio Pappano conducts (and accompanies the
recitatives) with invigorating wit and emotional depth.
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