Met Opera revives Le nozze di Figaro with musical style

By Linda Holt, 17 November 2019

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

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 16 November 2019

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

Metropolitan Opera

Antonello Manacorda, Conductor

Sir Richard Eyre, Director

Rob Howell, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Adam Plachetka, Count Almaviva

Susanna Phillips, Countess Almaviva

Luca Pisaroni, Figaro

Nadine Sierra, Susanna

Gaëlle Arquez, Cherubino

Brindley Sherratt, Doctor Bartolo

Elizabeth Bishop, Marcellina

Paule Constable, Lighting Designer

Sara Erde, Choreography

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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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).