Leeds Grand TheatreLeeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS1 6NZ, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) | Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) (Sung in English) | Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte |
Performers
Opera North | ||
Antony Hermus | Conductor | |
Jo Davies | Director | |
Leslie Travers | Set Designer | |
Gabrielle Dalton | Costume Designer | |
James Farncombe | Lighting Designer | |
Kay Shepherd | Choreography | |
Chorus of Opera North | ||
Orchestra of Opera North | ||
Quirijn de Lang | Bass-baritone | Count Almaviva |
Máire Flavin | Soprano | Countess Almaviva |
Phillip Rhodes | Baritone | Figaro |
Fflur Wyn | Soprano | Susanna |
Heather Lowe | Mezzo-soprano | Cherubino |
Jonathan Best | Bass | Doctor Bartolo |
Gaynor Keeble | Contralto | Marcellina |
Joseph Shovelton | Tenor | Don Basilio |
Mozart’s joyous farce of mistaken identity, misunderstanding and comic twists is bursting at the seams with invention and wit in this hit production by Jo Davies (Kiss Me, Kate). It’s Figaro’s wedding day, and his master, Count Almaviva, plans to seduce the bride-to-be. Meanwhile, the heartbroken Countess is the subject of the teenage pageboy Cherubino’s advances. Mozart’s sublime music bubbles along, conveying all the delight and pain of love and the agony and ecstasy of desire.
Antony Hermus (Tosca) returns to conduct a cast including Phillip Rhodes as Figaro, Fflur Wyn as Susanna, Quirijn de Lang as Count Almaviva and Máire Flavin as the Countess.