David McVicar and John Eliot Gardiner give us an enjoyable Figaro at Covent Garden

Por Roger Smith, 20 septiembre 2013

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Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres el 16 septiembre 2013

Mozart, Las bodas de Fígaro (Le nozze di Figaro)

The Royal Opera

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Dirección

Sir David McVicar, Dirección de escena

Luca Pisaroni, Figaro

Lucy Crowe, Susanna

Renata Pokupić, Cherubino

Christopher Maltman, Count Almaviva

Maria Bengtsson, Countess Almaviva

Carlos Chausson, Doctor Bartolo

Alasdair Elliott, Don Curzio

Mary Bevan, Barbarina

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Don Basilio

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Roger Smith

Roger Smith was born in London and studied for BA in Music at Kingston University, followed by an MMus in Music Theory and Analysis at Goldsmiths College. He studied opera at Birkbeck College, the City Lit and Morley College.