Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Marriage of Figaro

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Marriage of Figaro (1995)

With the opera "Le nozze di Figaro" commenced the remarkably successful cooperation between Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. The first night of "Figaro", presumably Mozart's most perfect musical comedy, was held in Vienna on May 1st, 1786. It is based on Beumarchais' "scandalous" comedy "La Folle Journée ou Le Mariage de Figaro" which, after its first staging in the pre-revolutionary Paris of 1784, soon became a huge success throughout Europe. For the opera, the revolutionary content of the intricate comedy of love and conspiracy against the background of noble capriciousness was actually toned down but not completely abandoned. The extensive ensemble scenes, the treatment of the orchestra and the delicately nuanced musical profiles of the characters hit the target and, looking back, proved to be pioneering for following generations of musicians.

Director: Wolf-Dieter Ludwig

Casts

	Peter Ustinov as Narrator
	Giuseppe Taddei as Figaro
	Anna Moffo as Susanna
	Eberhard Wächter as Il Conte d'Almaviva
	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as La Contessa d'Almaviva
	Fiorenza Cossotto as Cherubino
	Ivo Vinco as Bartolo
	Dora Gatta as Marcellina
	Renato Ercolani as Don Basilio / Don Curzio
	Elisabetta Fusco as Barbarina
	Piero Cappuccilli as Antonio
	Gillian Spencer as Ragazzo
	Diana Gillingham as Ragazzo

Crew