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Le nozze di Figaro
Palais Garnier - from 23 November to 28 December 2022
Le nozze di Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Palais Garnier - from 23 November to 28 December 2022
3h25 with 1 interval
Language : Italian
Surtitle : French / English
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Opening night : 23 Nov. 2022
About
In few words:
Le Nozze di Figaro is one of the repertoire's most emblematic works. Brahms spoke of it as a “miracle” and the Countess’s lament resounds even today as one of the most heart‑breaking passages in musical history. It was in taking up Beaumarchais’ comedy, a play that sparked off a scandal in Parisian society, that Mozart and his librettist, da Ponte, began their collaboration, although the play had already been forbidden by the Emperor Joseph II at the Vienna theatre in 1785. Was this because it exposed all too publicly the contradictions of an already tottering regime, soon to be swept away by the French Revolution? Neita Jones’s new production conserves the essence of Beaumarchais’s play, questioning human relationships with mischievous humour in a production that confuses reality and fiction to such an extent that, like the Count, we wonder, “Are we acting out a play?”
CHARACTERS
The Countess: The Count’s wife, tormented by her husband’s deceptions
Susanna: The Countess’s chambermaid, Figaro’s fiancée, Cherubino’s accomplice
Figaro: The Count’s valet, engaged to Susanna
Cherubino: The Count’s page, ingenuous young man in love with the Countess
Marcellina: Housekeeper
Bartolo: Doctor from Seville
Don Basilio: Master of music
Don Curzio: Judge
Barbarina: The gardener’s daughter and Susanna’s cousin
Antonio: The Count’s gardener and Susanna’s uncle
- Opening
- First part 95 mn
- Intermission 35 mn
- Second part 75 mn
- End
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Le nozze di Figaro
Opera in four acts
After Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Le Mariage de Figaro -
Performances
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Gallery
Videos clips
Audio clips
Les Noces de Figaro (saison 22/23)- Ilanah Lobel-Torres
Les Noces de Figaro (saison 22/23) - James Creswell
Les Noces de Figaro (saison 22/23) - Jeanine De Bique
Les Noces de Figaro (saison 22/23)- Luca Pisaroni
Backstage
© Charles Duprat / OnP
09:53’
Video
The intendant, the singer, the dresser
Interview with Gerald Finley about the Count of Le nozze di Figaro
In 2003, in the Giorgio Strehler's production of Le nozze di Figaro, the Canadian bass-baritone played the title role and, for a single performance, Count Almaviva. It is the latter costume that he puts on today in this folle journée whose theatrical and proto-feminist essence is underlined by Netia Jones' direction.
© Vincent Pontet / OnP
Podcast
Podcast Les Noces de Figaro
"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique
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Video
“I think I very much am Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro”
Interview with Jeanine De Bique
01:45’
Video
Draw-me Les Nozze di Figaro
Understand the plot in 1 minute
© Vincent Pontet / OnP
06:27’
Video
The Theatre within the Theatre
Netia Jones and Alexander Neef discuss The Marriage of Figaro
05:34’
Video
The Magic of Mozart
Interview with Gustavo Dudamel
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