Figaro in Dortmund

By Christine Arnold, 18 January 2016

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Reviewed at Opernhaus, Dortmund on 16 January 2016

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Oper Dortmund

Philipp Armbruster, Conductor

Luca de Marchi, Conductor

Mariame Clément, Director

Julia Hansen, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Gerardo Garciacano, Count Almaviva

Emily Newton, Countess Almaviva

Morgan Moody, Figaro

Ashley Thouret, Susanna

Ileana Mateescu, Cherubino

Karl-Heinz Lehner, Doctor Bartolo

Andrea Rieche, Marcellina

Christian Pienaar, Don Curzio

Hannes Brock, Don Basilio

Hiroyuki Inoue, Antonio

Keiko Matsumoto, Barbarina

Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra

Opera Chorus of the Theater Dortmund

A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne

Dominic Lowe, 29th June

Mariame Clément is a popular director at Glyndebourne, and her new production of Figaro shows her trademark approach to hardhitting comedy.

****1

Punk loves pink in Mariame Clément’s Berlin Roméo et Juliette

Zenaida des Aubris, 24th November

The French director updates the action to the present day, underscoring the validity of the plot – feuding families and class differences are still relevant.

***11

Dazzling revival of Il turco in Italia at Glyndebourne

Dominic Lowe, 12th October

A revival of Mariame Clément's production of Rossini's less-loved comic gem provides the sense of Italian sun to warm the body and belly laughs to warm the soul.

****1

Confusion clouds any central critique in Clément's Don Giovanni

Nick Boston, 12th November

Strong musical performances in a flawed and confused production revived for the autumn season at Glyndebourne.

***11

Toppling toxic masculinity: Don Giovanni opens Glyndebourne’s season

Mark Pullinger, 19th May

Mariame Clément wants her cake and eats it in a thought-provoking production that explores Mozart’s opera through Leporello’s perspective.

***11

Buffa or bullying? Don Pasquale on Glyndebourne Tour

Dominic Lowe, 10th October

Not quite as innocent an account of opera buffa as others, but for quality of musicianship, Glyndebourne Tour's revival of Mariame Clément’s production of Donizetti's comedy hits all the right notes.

****1

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Christine Arnold

Christine studied musicology and dance science in Salzburg and Newcastle. After her Bachelor degree she is now proceeding her studies in musicology and the piano as minor subject at the Folkwang Universität in Essen.

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