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    Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro DVD (The Royal Opera)

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    Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro DVD (The Royal Opera)

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    • David McVicar’s resonant production of Le nozze di Figaro is set in 1830s post-revolution France, where the inexorable unravelling of an old order has produced acute feelings of loss. In the relationship between Gerald Finley’s suave Count and Dorothea Röschmann’s passionately dignified Countess, which lies at the tragic heart of the opera, the sexy ease between a feisty Figaro (Erwin Schrott) and a sassy Susanna (Miah Persson) is starkly absent. The production is superbly complemented by the beauty of Paule Constable’s lighting and Tanya McCallin’s evocative sets. Antonio Pappano conducts (and accompanies the recitatives) with invigorating wit and emotional depth.

      Also available on Blu-ray and as part of a DVD box-set

      Figaro: Erwin Schrott
      Susanna: Miah Persson
      Count Almaviva: Gerald Finley
      Marcellina: Graciela Araya
      Barbarina: Ana James
      Cherubino: Rinat Shaham 

      The Royal Opera Chorus
      Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
      Conductor: Antonio Pappano
      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
      Stage Director: David McVicar
      Set and Costume Designer: Tanya McCallin
      Lighting Designs: Paule Constable
      Movement Director: Leah Hausman

      Special Features: The Magic of Mozart: Interviews with Antonio Pappano, David McVicar and principal cast; Cast gallery; Illustrated synopsis

      Picture: 16:9
      Sound: DTS Surround 5.0 / LPCM Stereo
      Format: NTSC
      Region code: 0 Worldwide
      Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT
      Running Time: 184 mins
      Recorded: 2006



    • "Here is a Figaro to put with the 1973 Glyndebourne production placed among the top five operatic DVDs. Figaro and Susanna are very much the centre here, and we like them not only because they sing and act well but because they are sympathetic in a modern way."       Gramophone

      "Musically the evening is remarkable. Röschmann is exceptional in giving voice to the Countess's despair. Finley is the most dangerous of Counts, Persson a sensual, feisty Susanna. Schrott, meanwhile, handsome of presence and gorgeous of tone, is a star in the making. Antonio Pappano's conducting is full of wit and emotional depth." The Guardian

      "... the orchestral playing is wonderful: nippy, witty, languid in the right places, and totally engaged with the rhythm of the production. The trumpeters and horn players played sans valves, and their sunlit sound and pristine articulation of the flourishes in Non piu andrai were peerless." The Independent

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