Farcical elements to the fore in Eyre’s witty new Figaro

Par Mark Pullinger, 23 septembre 2014

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“Peter Mattei’s Count... the very spit of Basil Fawlty, the much put-upon hotelier in Fawlty Towers”

Critique faite à Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, le 22 septembre 2014

Mozart, Les Noces de Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)

Metropolitan Opera

James Levine, Direction

Sir Richard Eyre, Mise en scène

Rob Howell, Décors, Costumes

Amanda Majeski, la Comtesse Almaviva

Marlis Petersen, Suzanne (Susanna)

Isabel Leonard, Chérubin (Cherubino)

Peter Mattei, le Comte Almaviva

Ildar Abdrazakov, Figaro

Innocence: Saariaho’s final opera receives New York premiere

Kurt Gottschalk, 6th April

At the Metropolitan Opera, Innocence proves a gripping and perhaps divisive piece which feels real because it is a reflection of our reality, with no realistic hope of finding peace.

*****

Tristan und Isolde at the Met: staging gets in the way of the music

No’a L. bat Miri, 9th March

Michael Spyres shines in his debut as Tristan alongside powerhouse soprano Lise Davidsen as Isolde in Yuval Sharon's new, beguiling production at the Metropolitan Opera.

***11

Ailyn Pérez is the perfect Butterfly in the Met’s revival

Robert Levine, 13th January

Good Butterflys are not that difficult to come by but great ones are very very rare. Ailyn Pérez fits the bill in this revival of Anthony Minghella’s classic staging.

*****

Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani

Susan Stempleski, 31st December

Marco Armiliato conducts a finely balanced rendition of Bellini's final masterpiece with a stellar cast headed by Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee.

*****

Porgy and Bess returns stronger than ever at the Met

Robert Levine, 7th December

Back to Catfish Row for another revival of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and James Robinson’s show continue to wow our writer.

*****

Singers bring passion and excitement to Met’s Andrea Chénier revival

Susan Stempleski, 24th November

The Metropolitan Opera kicks off this season’s revival of Umberto Giordano’s tempestuous melodrama with standout performances from a resplendent cast.

****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Farcical elements to the fore in Eyre’s witty new Figaro as Met Opera season opens