Matthews:Priante:Ticciati - Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro

Countess Almaviva Sally MatthewsFigaro Vito PrianteCount Almaviva Audun IversenSusanna Lydia TeuscherCherubino Isabel LeonardBartolo Andrew ShoreMarcellina Ann MurrayDon Basilio Alan OkeAntonio Nicholas FolwellDon Curzio Colin JudsonBarbarina Sarah ShaferFirst Bridesmaid Ellie LaugharneSecond Bridesmaid Katie BrayThe Glyndebourne ChorusOrchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentConductor Robin TicciatiDirector Michael GrandageRecorded live at Glyndebourne Festival, June 2012Perhaps no opera is closely and affectionately associated with a single house as Le nozze di Figaro is with Glyndebourne. Effortlessly witty yet shot through with pain and sadness, this deeply ambivalent life in the day of masters and servants as they scheme and outwit one another was Glyndebourne's opening production in 1934. Michael?Grandage's staging is the seventh, set in a louche Sixties ambience. Marshalled by the 'ideal pacing' of Robin Ticciati, a youthful cast of principals has 'no weak link' and 'looks gorgeous' (The Sunday Times) in a production that continues Glyndebourne's rewarding history of engagement with Mozart's and da Ponte's 'day of madness'. Running time: 180 minutesSubtitles: EN/FR/DE/JP/KRSound format: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS