Description
Le nozze di Figaro – Mozart's Masterpiece Live at Glyndebourne DVD
UPC: 0809478011026
Product Details:
- Format: 2 DVD Set
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Title: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
- Artists:Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Count Almaviva: Audun Iversen
- Countess Almaviva: Sally Matthews
- Figaro: Vito Priante
- Susanna: Lydia Teuscher
- Cherubino: Isabel Leonard
- Marcellina: Ann Murray
- Bartolo: Andrew Shore
- Barbarina: Sarah Shafer
- Don Curzio: Colin Judson
- Don Basilio: Alan Oke
- Antonio: Nicholas Folwell
- Chorus: The Glyndebourne Chorus
- Conductor: Robin Ticciati
- Director: Michael Grandage
- Designer: Christopher Oram
- Lighting Designer: Paule Constable
- Movement Director: Ben Wright
- Chorus Master: Jeremy Bines
- Film Director: François Roussillon
- Recording: Live at Glyndebourne Festival, 2012
- Subtitles: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean
- Extras:Running Time: Approx. 150 minutes (Opera), 22 minutes (Extras)
- Cast gallery
- "Le nozze di Figaro: The Greatest Opera Ever Written?"
- "Le nozze di Figaro: From Page to Stage"
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
- Sound: LPCM Stereo, DTS Digital Surround
- Region: All regions
- Format: NTSC
- Language: Sung in Italian
Product Features
- High-definition recording of Mozart's timeless opera
- Modern staging set in the stylish 1960s
- Stellar cast featuring Sally Matthews, Vito Priante, and Isabel Leonard
- Conducted by Robin Ticciati with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Directed by acclaimed theatre director Michael Grandage
- Includes insightful extras exploring the opera's significance
- Multi-language subtitles for international audiences
- Superior audio and visual quality with surround sound
Overview
Experience the pure joy of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro in this captivating 2 DVD set, recorded live at the world-renowned Glyndebourne Festival in 2012. This production brings a fresh perspective to Mozart's masterpiece, setting the action in the louche ambiance of the 1960s. Under the masterful direction of Michael Grandage and the expert baton of Robin Ticciati, the youthful cast delivers performances that are both visually and vocally stunning.
The opera unfolds over a single "mad" day in the Almaviva household, weaving a complex web of love, jealousy, and intrigue among masters and servants. Vito Priante shines as Figaro, with Lydia Teuscher as the clever Susanna, and Audun Iversen as the scheming Count Almaviva. Sally Matthews delivers a poignant portrayal of the Countess, while Isabel Leonard captivates as the mischievous Cherubino.
This production not only honors Glyndebourne's rich history with Le nozze di Figaro but also reinvigorates it for contemporary audiences. The included bonus features provide deeper insight into why this opera is considered one of the greatest ever written and explore the journey from page to stage.
Press Reviews
"... this is a Figaro of rare grace, naturalness and charm. Robin Ticciati's conducting is seamlessly complementary. The cast amounts to a classic Glyndebourne ensemble. Sally Matthews sings the Countess's arias with perfect poise, while Lydia Teuscher makes a delightfully practical Susanna. Audun Iversen and Vito Priante are well-matched as the Count and Figaro, while Isabel Leonard is an enchanting disco-bunny of a Cherubino. The rest of the cast is terrific, and the whole thing moves like lightning. Pure joy. " (The Daily Telegraph)
" .... Glyndebourne does Figaro so well – it's a smasher, with a wonderful young cast that is typical of Glyndebourne at its best. The production grows in strength as the evening proceeds, with the staging of the almost incomprehensible last act comedy of mistaken identities in the garden the most effective I can recall. The cast is strong throughout, and there is so much to thrill to. Lydia Teuscher, Vito Priante and Audun Iversen as Susanna, Figaro and the Count, are all splendid vocally and play their wonderful games with rare gusto. As the Countess, Sally Matthews is just perfection, physically and vocally. Her 'Porgi amor' is breathtakingly beautiful and why her philandering husband would want to stray is beyond me. She is a Countess who quite falls for Isabel Leonard's spunky Cherubino – this as fine a portrayal as I can recall since Teresa Berganza at Covent Garden 49 years ago. Leonard is making her Glyndebourne debut (as is Iversen) and this house has shown once more – as so often in the past – how deft it tends to be at finding the brightest and best of the stars of the future." (Gramophone)
"Grandage's 2011 Glyndebourne production excels where it matters: in the truthfulness and warmth of these very human characters' interrelationships...Priante is simply the best [Figaro] I've seen...Ticciati, drawing a non-stop vivacity from the OAE, with horns splendidily vivid, gives his singers space when they need it. " (BBC Music Magazine ★★★★)
"The absolutely natural stage action eschews slapstick and vulgarity and the singers seem more than happy to adapt...[Priante's] stage presence and singing are extraordinary...Teuscher's Susanna is a rich-voiced, non-soubrette, observant Countess-in-the-making...Leonard's Cherubino is perfect - boyish and sassy and nimble. " (International Record Review)
Interesting Facts
- Glyndebourne Tradition: Le nozze di Figaro was the opening production at Glyndebourne in 1934 and has since become closely associated with the festival.
- Modern Setting: Director Michael Grandage sets the opera in the 1960s, offering a fresh take while preserving the essence of Mozart's work.
- Youthful Cast: The production features a young and dynamic cast, praised for their exceptional performances and chemistry.
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Known for their authentic performances of classical repertoire, they bring a vibrant energy to Mozart's score.
- Critical Acclaim: Described as "pure joy" by The Telegraph and "a visual and vocal treat" by Gramophone Magazine.
Publishers
- Publisher: Opus Arte (2013)
- Co-production with: Houston Grand Opera and the Metropolitan Opera
- Filming Supported by: The Frederick and Ann O'Brien Charitable Trust
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