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)
PREMIERE
- 10 August 1974, 19:00
- 13 August 1974, 19:00
- 24 August 1974, 19:00
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Herbert von Karajan, Conductor
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Stage director
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Sets
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Costumes
Walter Hagen-Groll, Chorus Master
Tom Krause, Il Conte di Almaviva
Elizabeth Harwood, La Contessa di Almaviva
Mirella Freni, Susanna
José van Dam, Figaro
Frederica von Stade, Cherubino
Jane Berbié, Marcellina
Paolo Montarsolo, Don Bartolo
Michel Sénéchal, Don Basilio
Willy Caron, Don Curzio
Elke Schary, Barbarina
Zoltan Kelemen, Antonio
Choir of the Vienna State Opera
Vienna Philharmonic