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McVicar’s subtle take Le nozze di Figaro returns to ROH

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“Camilla Tilling... sang with exquisite taste and control from the beginning to the end”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 2 May 2014
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
The Royal Opera
Sir David McVicar, Director
David Syrus, Conductor
Alex Esposito, Figaro
Camilla Tilling, Susanna
Anna Bonitatibus, Cherubino
Gerald Finley, Count Almaviva
Sally Matthews, Countess Almaviva
Christophoros Stamboglis, Doctor Bartolo
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