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Le nozze di Figaro

16 September 2013 - 15 May 2014 | Main Stage

Revolution is in the air in David McVicar’s production of Mozart’s glorious comedy.

Photos

  • Alexandra Kurzak as Susanna and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Figaro in Le nozze di figaro © Bill Cooper/ROH 2012
  • Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Figaro in Le nozze di figaro © Bill Cooper/ROH 2012
  • Erwin Schrott as Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro © Clive Barda/ROH 2011
  • Mariusz Kwiecien in Le nozze di Figaro © Clive Barda/ROH 2011
  • Annette Dasch and Mariusz Kwiecien in Le nozze di Figaro © Clive Barda/ROH 2011
  • Le nozze di Figaro © Clive Barda/ROH 2011
  • Erwin Schrott as Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro © Clive Barda/ROH 2011
  • Don-Basilio-Le-nozze-di-Figaro-2008 © ROH 2008
  • Robin Leggate as Don Basillio in Le nozze di Figaro (2008) © ROH 2008
  • Robin Leggate as Don Basillio in Le nozze di Figaro (2008) © ROH 2008

When to see it

Booking for 16 September 2013 - 15 May 2014 opens

Monday 16 September 2013, 7.00pm | Main Stage
  • Gardiner
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Pisaroni
  • Crowe
  • Pokupic
  • Maltman
  • Evans
  • Chausson
  • Schneiderman
  • Ellicott
  • Elliott
  • Black
  • Bevan
  • Royal Opera Chorus
Not on sale
Wednesday 18 September 2013, 7.00pm | Main Stage
  • Gardiner
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Pisaroni
  • Crowe
  • Pokupic
  • Maltman
  • Evans
  • Chausson
  • Schneiderman
  • Ellicott
  • Elliott
  • Black
  • Bevan
  • Royal Opera Chorus
Not on sale
Saturday 21 September 2013, 7.00pm | Main Stage
  • Gardiner
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Pisaroni
  • Crowe
  • Pokupic
  • Maltman
  • Evans
  • Chausson
  • Schneiderman
  • Ellicott
  • Elliott
  • Black
  • Bevan
  • Royal Opera Chorus
Not on sale
Wednesday 25 September 2013, 7.00pm | Main Stage
  • Gardiner
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Pisaroni
  • Crowe
  • Pokupic
  • Maltman
  • Evans
  • Chausson
  • Schneiderman
  • Ellicott
  • Elliott
  • Black
  • Bevan
  • Royal Opera Chorus
Not on sale
Friday 27 September 2013, 7.00pm | Main Stage
  • Gardiner
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Pisaroni
  • Crowe
  • Pokupic
  • Maltman
  • Evans
  • Chausson
  • Schneiderman
  • Ellicott
  • Elliott
  • Black
  • Bevan
  • Royal Opera Chorus
Not on sale
Wednesday 2 October 2013, 7.00pm | Main Stage
  • Gardiner
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Pisaroni
  • Crowe
  • Pokupic
  • Maltman
  • Evans
  • Chausson
  • Schneiderman
  • Ellicott
  • Elliott
  • Black
  • Bevan
  • Royal Opera Chorus
Not on sale
Friday 4 October 2013, 7.00pm | Main Stage
  • Gardiner
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Pisaroni
  • Crowe
  • Pokupic
  • Maltman
  • Evans
  • Chausson
  • Schneiderman
  • Ellicott
  • Elliott
  • Black
  • Bevan
  • Royal Opera Chorus
Not on sale
Monday 7 October 2013, 7.00pm | Main Stage
  • Gardiner
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Pisaroni
  • Crowe
  • Pokupic
  • Maltman
  • Evans
  • Chausson
  • Schneiderman
  • Ellicott
  • Elliott
  • Black
  • Bevan
  • Royal Opera Chorus
Not on sale
Friday 2 May 2014, 7.00pm | Main Stage
  • Gardiner
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Esposito
  • Tilling
  • Bonitatibus
  • Finley
  • Matthews
  • Stamboglis
  • McLaughlin
  • de Mey
  • Robinson
  • White
  • Bijelic
  • Royal Opera Chorus
Not on sale
Monday 5 May 2014, 7.00pm | Main Stage
  • Gardiner
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Esposito
  • Tilling
  • Bonitatibus
  • Finley
  • Matthews
  • Stamboglis
  • McLaughlin
  • de Mey
  • Robinson
  • White
  • Bijelic
  • Royal Opera Chorus
Not on sale
Wednesday 7 May 2014, 7.00pm | Main Stage
  • Gardiner
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Esposito
  • Tilling
  • Bonitatibus
  • Finley
  • Matthews
  • Stamboglis
  • McLaughlin
  • de Mey
  • Robinson
  • White
  • Bijelic
  • Royal Opera Chorus
Not on sale
Saturday 10 May 2014, 12.00pm | Main Stage
  • Gardiner
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Esposito
  • Tilling
  • Bonitatibus
  • Finley
  • Matthews
  • Stamboglis
  • McLaughlin
  • de Mey
  • Robinson
  • White
  • Bijelic
  • Royal Opera Chorus
Not on sale
Thursday 15 May 2014, 7.00pm | Main Stage
  • Gardiner
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  • Esposito
  • Tilling
  • Bonitatibus
  • Finley
  • Matthews
  • Stamboglis
  • McLaughlin
  • de Mey
  • Robinson
  • White
  • Bijelic
  • Royal Opera Chorus
Not on sale

Introduction

Figaro and Susanna are looking forward to their wedding day, but first they must outwit Figaro’s master Count Almaviva, who seems to have designs on Susanna.

News and features

Background

Le nozze di Figaro had its premiere in 1786 at the Burgtheater in Vienna. Lorenzo Da Ponte – with whom Mozart later collaborated on Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte – created the libretto. It was based on Pierre Beaumarchais’ controversial play Le Mariage de Figaro, which was banned in Vienna due to its seditious content.

David McVicar’s acclaimed production sets the action in a French chateau in 1830 on the eve of revolution, amplifying the opera’s undercurrents of class tension. The entire household is drawn into the notoriously complex plot, which covers all shades of human emotion: spirited playfulness, such as when Figaro sends Cherubino off to war in ‘Non so più cosa son’, is combined with heartfelt despair, such as the Countess’s grief at her husband’s infidelity. But affection and fidelity prevail in this most warm-hearted of operas: the Count’s plea for forgiveness in the final act, ‘Condessa, perdono’, is one of the most moving arias in opera.

Credits

DirectorDavid McVicar
DesignsTanya McCallin
Lighting designPaule Constable
Movement DirectorLeah Hausman

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