McVicar's The Marriage of Figaro lights up the Opera Australia stage

By Chantal Nguyen, 21 October 2019

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“a pastel colour palette that would make Laura Ashley weep with envy”

Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney on 18 October 2019

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

Opera Australia

Guillaume Tourniaire, Conductor

Sir David McVicar, Director

Jenny Tiramani, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Andrei Bondarenko, Count Almaviva

Ekaterina Sadovnikova, Countess Almaviva

Paolo Bordogna, Figaro

Stacey Alleaume, Susanna

Anna Dowsley, Cherubino

Richard Anderson, Doctor Bartolo

Dominica Matthews, Marcellina

Graeme Macfarlane, Don Curzio

Benjamin Rasheed, Don Basilio

Kate Amos, Barbarina

Phoebe-Celeste Humphreys, First Bridesmaid

Anna Yun, Second Bridesmaid

Andrew Moran, Antonio

Andy Morton, Revival Director

Opera Australia Chorus

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Chantal Nguyen

Chantal has a background in ballet and contemporary dance, and was the first Australian to complete the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Higher Level Dance. She has completed violin studies, and plays regularly in Sydney ensembles. She also dabbles in folk songs and subversive musical parody.