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Michael Grandage’s production of Mozart’s ambiguous comedy returns, with a new cast of singers and conductor Jérémie Rhorer making his UK operatic debut.
During the course of one mad day, tables are turned and expectations dashed; disguises are either penetrated or turn out to be disconcertingly successful; the plots of Bartolo and Marcellina are frustrated, the marriage of Figaro and Susanna is off again, on again, and ultimately, the Count is thwarted and humbled by the Countess’s forgiveness.
Starring Adam Plachetka (Figaro), Laura Tatulescu (Susanna), Amanda Majeski (Countess), Joshua Hopkins (Count), Luciano Di Pasquale (Bartolo), Anne Mason (Marcellina) and Lydia Teuscher (Cherubino). Jérémie Rhorer conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus.
(The opera has particular significance as it was the first opera ever to be performed at Glyndebourne in 1934, with founder John Christie’s wife and co-founder Audrey Mildmay in the role of Susanna.)