Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro
Vincent Huguet (stage director), Daniel Barenboim (conductor) — With Gyula Orendt (Count Almaviva), Elsa Dreisig (Countess Almaviva), Nadine Sierra (Susanna), Riccardo Fassi (Figaro)...
Cast
Vincent Huguet — Stage director
Aurélie Maestre — Set designer
Clémence Pernoud — Costumes designer
Irene Selka — Lighting
Thomas Wilhelm — Choreographer
Louis Geisler — Dramaturgy
Gyula Orendt — Count Almaviva
Program notes
Rediscover the adventures of Susanna—and her famous fiancé—live from Berlin! Set designer Aurélie Maestre and costume designer Clémence Pernoud have moved the action of this Staatsoper Berlin production into the 80s, imbuing it with a retro ambiance that adds to the natural comedy of the opera. Throughout this adaptation of Le nozze di Figaro, stage director Vincent Huguet has an eye for more than just entertainment: the extraordinary singing and acting talent of the soloists, including the stellar Elsa Dreisig, Nadine Sierra and Emily D’Angelo, also allow him the leeway for nuanced reflections on human behavior. This already fantastic bill is topped off by the world-class Staatskapelle Berlin with the legendary Daniel Barenboim at its helm: a sheer delight for eyes, ears, and mind!
Photo © Matthias Baus
