The Royal Opera: "Susanna, or via, sortite" (The Marriage of Figaro)

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Federica Lombardi, Germán E. Alcántara and Giulia Semenzato perform "Susanna, or via, sortite" in David McVicar's 2022 production of The Marriage of Figaro.
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) was Mozart's first collaboration with Lorenzo Da Ponte, who also wrote the librettos for Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte. The opera is based on Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais' controversial play Le Mariage de Figaro. This play was banned in Vienna due to its potentially seditious content, and Da Ponte had to excise much of its political content in order to get the opera accepted for performance. Figaro was subsequently a success in Vienna, and even more so in Prague, where Mozart reported 'nothing but Figaro!' was heard. It has remained one of the composer's best-loved works.
The score of Le nozze di Figaro is packed full of wonderful arias covering a huge range of emotions, from the humour of Figaro's ironic farewell to Cherubino ('Non più andrai') to the poignancy of 'Dove sono', as the Countess remembers past happiness. The opera also contains remarkable ensembles, such as the closing scene of Act II, in which Figaro's plans unravel at breakneck speed. As so often with Mozart, forgiveness is a key theme, and the Count's Act IV plea to his wife, 'Contessa, perdono', is one of opera's most moving moments.
David McVicar sets the action in a château in 1830 on the eve of France's second revolution, exploring the political and class conflicts at the core of Beaumarchais' play, but also maintaining Mozart and Da Ponte's humanity and wit.
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[@davidalexander-watts6630]

For me, this is possibly the greatest scene in any opera, beautifully staged and performed here. Everything hangs on this moment, each character realising that the potential consequences of what happens next are so profound. It's very sophisticated, very clever and very human.

[@Goodmorning1221-]

Come on, you take any opera scenes and you would have the same. This scene is basic, nothing special.

[@alenkapintar8660]

One of my favorite Mozart's operas (and I've seen many of them). Great music, story and many brilliant arias.

[@JonasBrotherLuver122]

Would love to see this live in London one day ❤❤ The dream!!

[@liz.the.libra8]

*me tOo!!

[@bravolima7766]

At last ! An opéra with appropriate costumes, Thank you

[@rosemaryallen2128]

Appropriate?! My first reaction was, how COULD some wretched designer take ideas from the dress of the 17th to the 19th Centuries and expect the result to be agreeable?

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Wuvv it 🥰

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