Release Date

28 May, 1994

Runtime

00:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Live from Glyndebourne 1994. The first production to be filmed Live in Glyndebourne´s new opera house May 1994. The Marriage of Figaro is a continuation of the plot of The Barber of Seville several years later, and recounts a single “day of madness” in the palace of the Count Almaviva near Seville, Spain. Rosina is now the Countess; Dr. Bartolo is seeking revenge against Figaro for thwarting his plans to marry Rosina himself; and Count Almaviva has degenerated from the romantic youth of Barber into a scheming, bullying, skirt-chasing baritone. This follows the Count trying to obtain favours from Susanna, Figaro’s bride to be, under the nose of the Countess.

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Actors

Renée Fleming

Gerald Finley

Alison Hagley

Andreas Schmidt

Manfred Röhrl

Wendy Hillhouse

Marie-Ange Todorovitch

Donald Adams

Robert Tear

John Graham-Hall

Susan Gritton

Liza Pulman

Crew

Lorenzo da Ponte

Bernard Haitink

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

Derek Bailey

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Stephen Medcalf