Giorgio Strehler’s Nozze di Figaro still going strong at La Scala

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Almaviva) and Benedetta Torre (Susanna)

Benedetta Torre (Susanna) and Luca Micheletti (Figaro)

Olga Bezsmertna (Countess Almaviva) and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Almaviva)

Le nozze di Figaro

By Laura Servidei, 08 October 2023

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“Micheletti's... uncommon acting expertise made for a lively, charismatic Figaro, full of nuance”

Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 7 October 2023

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

Teatro alla Scala

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Conductor

Giorgio Strehler, Director

Ezio Frigerio, Set Designer

Franca Squarciapino, Costume Designer

Marco Filibeck, Lighting Designer

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Coro del Teatro alla Scala

Marina Bianchi, Revival Director

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Count Almaviva

Olga Bezsmertna, Countess Almaviva

Luca Micheletti, Figaro

Benedetta Torre, Susanna

Svetlina Stoyanova, Cherubino

Andrea Concetti, Doctor Bartolo

Anna-Doris Capitelli, Marcellina

Paolo Nevi, Don Curzio

Matteo Falcier, Don Basilio

Caterina Sala, Barbarina

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.