Le nozze di Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro
3 hours 40 minutes intermission included | |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera buffa in quattro atti Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Teatro alla Scala Production Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus Students of the Ballet School of the Teatro alla Scala Academy |
Conductor | ANDRÉS OROZCO-ESTRADA |
Staging | GIORGIO STREHLER |
revived by | MARINA BIANCHI |
Sets | EZIO FRIGERIO |
Costumes | FRANCA SQUARCIAPINO |
Lights | MARCO FILIBECK |
Choreography | FRÉDÉRIC OLIVIERI |
Cast
Count Almaviva | Ildebrando D’Arcangelo |
Countess Almaviva | Olga Bezsmertna |
Susanna | Benedetta Torre |
Figaro | Luca Micheletti |
Cherubino | Svetlina Stoyanova |
Marcellina | Anna-Doris Capitelli |
Don Bartolo | Andrea Concetti |
Don Basilio | Matteo Falcier |
Don Curzio | Paolo Nevi |
Barbarina | Caterina Sala |
In brief
Prominent among the operas that have helped make the La Scala legend is certainly Giorgio Strehler’s 1981 production of Le nozze di Figaro, with scenery by Ezio Frigerio, costumes by Franca Squarciapino, and Riccardo Muti leading the orchestra. Strehler reprised a project envisaged for Paris, adapting it to the La Scala stage and creating a masterwork of elegance, proportions, and narrative clarity. For the return of this classic, La Scala has called Andrés Orozco-Estrada to the podium and assembled a cast pairing consummate artists with young talents: Luca Micheletti and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo as Figaro and Conte, Olga Beszmertna and Benedetta Torre as Susanna.