Wolfgang A. Mozart Le nozze di Figaro
Opera buffa in four acts K. 492 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Text by Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749–1838) after Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais's play La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro (1778)
Sung in Italian
New production
Co-production with the Salzburg Easter Festival
PREMIERE
- 13 August 1991, 18:00
- 17 August 1991, 18:00
- 20 August 1991, 18:00
- 24 August 1991, 18:00
- 27 August 1991, 18:00
Print programme (PDF)
Bernard Haitink, Conductor
Michael Hampe, Stage director
John Gunter, Sets
Carlo Diappi, Costumes
Helmuth Reichmann, Lighting
Helmuth Froschauer, Chorus Master
Susanne Kirnbauer, Choreography
Thomas Allen, Il Conte di Almaviva
Pamela Coburn, La Contessa di Almaviva
Dawn Upshaw, Susanna
Ferruccio Furlanetto, Figaro
Susanne Mentzer, Cherubino
Klara Takacs, Marcellina
Dimitri Kavrakos, Don Bartolo
Ugo Benelli, Don Basilio
Alexander Oliver, Don Curzio
Machiko Obata, Barbarina
Hedwig Witte, Contadina
Alfred Kuhn, Antonio
Nicolas Carthy,
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic