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Comedy in the madhouse: A risky twist on Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at Theater an der Wien

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Reviewed at Theater an der Wien, Vienna on 13 April 2015
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski, Conductor
Felix Breisach, Director
Doris Maria Aigner, Costume Designer
Jens Kilian, Set Designer
Anett Fritsch, Countess Almaviva
Emőke Baráth, Susanna
Ingeborg Gillebo, Cherubino
Stéphane Degout, Count Almaviva
Alex Esposito, Figaro
Peter Kálmán, Doctor Bartolo
Gan-ya Ben-Gur Akselrod, Barbarina
Helene Schneiderman, Marcellina
Sunnyboy Dladla, Don Basilio, Don Curzio
Zoltan Nagy, Antonio
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