is a remarkable marriage of Mozart’s music at the height of his genius and one of the best librettos ever set. Le Nozze di Figaro, ACT 4 . She gets in the wardrobe and waits. Then, Marcellina, Bartolo, and Basilio arrive with a court summons for Figaro and the Count happily postpones the wedding. Having overhead everything from behind a screen, Susanna helps Cherubino escape out a window before the Count and Countess return. Cherubino, the Count's godson, arrives and proclaims his intense infatuation with all women, especially the Countess, Rosina. When the Count meets with "Susanna" in the garden, the two make passionate love. Le Nozze di Figaro is based on the second Figaro play written by Frenchman Pierre Beaumarchais. Voi, che sapete, che cosa è amor : aria, in the opera of Le nozze di Figaro / composed by Mozart. Antonello Manacorda and Cornelius Meister conduct Sir Richard Eyre’s fast-paced production. Levine; Majeski, Petersen, Leonard, Mattei, Abdrazakov. Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749–1838), who led an adventurous life in Venice and Vienna, also collaborated with Mozart on. The first impression is one of tremendous beauty and elegance. Dr. Bartolo, still upset that Figaro helped wed Count Almaviva to Rosina (via The Barber of Seville), agreed to help Marcellina. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll find all the underlying pain and deception, with a constant tension between the social classes and the sexes, where each character has something to gain and something to hide. Le Nozze di Figaro. He tells Figaro that he must marry Marcellina instead. , was famous in Mozart’s time as a place filled with hot-blooded young men and exotically beautiful women sequestered behind latticed windows, or “jalousies” (which gave us our English word “jealousy”). Buy Tickets. Read more about Le nozze di Figaro. Standout solo numbers include the Countess’s two arias, Cherubino’s “Voi, che sapete,” Susanna’s “Deh, vieni, non tardar,” and Figaro’s arias, the angry Act IV diatribe against womankind, “Aprite un po’ quegli occhi,” and Act I’s “Non più andrai,” in which not even the most buoyant and memorable melody in the world can quite hide the character’s sarcasm. The Count then finds Cherubino hiding, which angers him even more. When the Count and Countess open the doors, they are both surprised, but the Count's suspicions subside. He tries to allure Susanna, but is interrupted by the music master, Don Basilio. Basilio informs the Count that Cherubino has a crush on the Countess. The Count has plans to punish Cherubino after he was caught in the garden with Barbarina, the gardener's daughter. The story is set in … Share on Facebook; Share on Twitter; Share The Met assembled a vocal dream team for Jonathan Miller’s stylish production of the eternal Mozart masterpiece: Renée Fleming as the Countess, Cecilia Bartoli as Susanna, and Bryn Terfel as Figaro. The Count, having pricked his finger, drops the letter and pin onto the floor. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll find all the underlying pain and deception, with a constant tension between the social classes and the sexes, where each character has something to gain and something to hide. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, "The Marriage of Figaro," premiered on May 1, 1786, at the Burgtheater, in Vienna, Italy. Watch Le Nozze di Figaro live on Tuesday 5 January at 6.40 pm on Stage24. Finally, she realizes he is only joking and knows that he has discovered the truth. The Countess writes a note to the Count instructing him to return the attached pin at their upcoming rendezvous. Cherubino quickly hides when he hears the Count approaching, fearing to be caught with Susanna alone. Visit us in the Opera Shop and online for an unparallelled array of CDs, DVDs, and opera collectibles. The first Figaro play, Le Barbier de Séville, introduces the characters of Count Almaviva, Rosina (to become the Countess in Le Nozze), Figaro (the barber), Dr. Bartolo, and Don Basilio, all important characters in the second play, Le Mariage de Figaro, which became the basis for Le Nozze di Figaro.

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