Met Opera revives Le nozze di Figaro with musical style

Par Linda Holt, 17 novembre 2019

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“Susanna Phillips... the mellow richness of her soprano voice communicated a touching despair”

Critique faite à Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, le 16 novembre 2019

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

Metropolitan Opera

Antonello Manacorda, Direction

Sir Richard Eyre, Mise en scène

Rob Howell, Décors, Costumes

Adam Plachetka, le Comte Almaviva

Susanna Phillips, la Comtesse Almaviva

Luca Pisaroni, Figaro

Nadine Sierra, Suzanne (Susanna)

Gaëlle Arquez, Chérubin (Cherubino)

Brindley Sherratt, le docteur Bartolo

Elizabeth Bishop, Marceline (Marcellina)

Paule Constable, Lumières

Sara Erde, Chorégraphie

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Jonathon Loy, Revival Director

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Linda Holt

Linda Holt writes about classical music for broadstreetreview.com and newyorkclassicalreview.com, with a special interest in the life and works of Beethoven. She has a doctorate in arts-and-letters from Drew University (U.S.), studied music theory and history at Rider University, and teaches humanities courses. She is president of the Princeton Research Forum ( princetonresearchforum.org ) and member of the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society and American Beethoven Society. As L.L. Holt, she is the author of two acclaimed novels based on Beethoven’s early years: Invictus (Harvard Square Editions, 2019) and The Black Spaniard (Unsolicited Press, 2016).