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Arresting aristos make for a fine Figaro in Seattle

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Reviewed at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle on 16 January 2016
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Seattle Opera
Gary Thor Wedow, Conductor
Aidan Lang, Director
Robin Rawstorne, Set Designer
Elizabeth Whiting, Costume Designer
Shenyang, Figaro
Nuccia Focile, Susanna
Morgan Smith, Count Almaviva
Bernarda Bobro, Countess Almaviva
Karin Mushegain, Cherubino
Arthur Woodley, Doctor Bartolo
Margaret Gawrysiak, Marcellina
Steven Cole, Don Basilio
Alasdair Elliott, Don Curzio
Charles Robert Austin, Antonio
Amanda Opuszynski, Barbarina
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