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Scenes from a marriage: Barrie Kosky’s Figaro revived at the Wiener Staatsoper

Peter Kellner (Figaro) and Slávka Zámečníková (Susanna)
© Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Countess)
© Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Countess) and Andrè Schuen (Count Almaviva)
© Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn
Slávka Zámečníková (Susanna)
© Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn
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“Zámečníková charmed in equal measure with her delightful, shimmering lyric soprano”
Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 28 September 2024
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Vienna State Opera
Ivor Bolton, Conductor
Barrie Kosky, Director
Rufus Didwiszus, Set Designer
Victoria Behr, Costume Designer
Franck Evin, Lighting Designer
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
Jan Freese, Bühnenbildassistenz
Andrè Schuen, Count Almaviva
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Countess Almaviva
Peter Kellner, Figaro
Slávka Zámečníková, Susanna
Isabel Signoret, Cherubino
Stephanie Houtzeel, Marcellina
Stefan Cerny, Doctor Bartolo
Wolfgang Bankl, Antonio
Hannah-Theres Weigl, Barbarina
Michael Gniffke, Don Basilio
Andrea Giovannini, Don Curzio
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