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Figaro (Phillip Rhodes) and Susanna (Fflur Wynn) want to get married, but Figaro’s employer—Count Almaviva (Quirijn de Lang)—is determined to enact his droit du seigneur by sleeping with Figaro’s bride-to-be. Our privacy policy was last updated on Friday 31 January 2020 View it here Dismiss
Travers also draws attention to the illusory nature of live performance by giving us glimpses of behind the scenes. As part of the Wimbledon set up, The beloved classic The Marriage of Figaro will be live-broadcasted on the big screen on Tuesday 9 July, as part of the Royal Opera House's BP Big Screen series.Mozart’s greatest comedy is given a sumptuous staging by David McVicar, its stunning score is fast-moving in this hilarious production with ravishing duets and emotionally potent arias.
Jo Davies’ production for Opera North, sung in English and first seen in 2015, tells the story with vim and vigour.
Mozart outdid himself with this one. It’s Figaro’s wedding day, but he’s in trouble. In the second half, the plans to outwit the Count continue apace. It’s Figaro’s wedding day – what could possibly go wrong? If you’re our lucky winner, you’ll bag two tickets to The Marriage of Figaro at Leeds Grand Theatre on Wednesday 19th February 2020. In fact, the womanising Count wants Susanna close by because he fancies her himself, a fact of which she is all too well aware. Da Ponte toned down the political jibes of the play and its attack on the aristocracy but packed the plot with trickery and infidelity.
Much thought had been given to their duets, so that even though ‘Ev’rything a hat should be’ does not come anywhere near the delight of ‘Che Susanna alla stessa si fè’ their vocal intertwining was still sublime.
Jonathan Best could probably sing Doctor Bartolo in his sleep, so intimate is he with the part, and Gaynor Keeble’s Marcellina, with her fruity tone and commanding presence, was his ideal match. It reads ‘We love our Count’; it just so happens that one of the girls is standing in front of the letter ‘o’ in Count. West Yorkshire | 0113 3200710 | hello@leeds-list.com 0113 243 9999 Pure magic. The second half is much more varied in tone and, for me, more satisfying than the first. Standard Leeds-List terms and conditions apply.
Fill out the form below and hit 'Enter Now' by 5pm on Wednesday 12th February 2020. The first half bounces along with only occasional hints of darkness; the Countess’s sorrowful aria regretting her husband’s infidelity, and Figaro’s ‘Non piu andrai’, sung to a cheerful marching beat but speaking of bloody war. Warren Gillespie made his mark as a more than usually sacerdotal Don Curzio, and Alexandra Oomens showed much promise as Barbarina. It’s Figaro’s wedding day, but he’s in trouble.
Resembling a young David Niven, he presented a more than usually venal husband, though singing with stylish grace. Eventually, after Almaviva’s quiet apology to his wife, the music steals in again. It’s surprising, therefore, to reflect on the fact that when it was first performed in Vienna in 1786, it wasn’t embraced warmly by the public. Leslie Travers’ design also suggests ‘sham’: the soaring palace walls are sometimes turned to reveal them for what they are – nothing but theatre flats propped up by struts and braces. The Count supports them: with Figaro out of the way, he can bed Susanna with impunity. The conductor and all on stage have the courage to hold that silence. Nowadays, however, Figaro is widely regarded as perhaps the most crowd-pleasing of all operas. The smaller roles are exquisitely filled by Gaynor Keeble’s fruity-voiced Marcellina, Joseph Shovelton’s waspish Don Basilio and Jonathan Best’s vengeful Doctor Bartolo. Both arias were exceptionally well sung, and we look forward to hearing much more from this talented young mezzo. Be entertained by four professional opera singers and an accordionist in this short opera packed with mistaken identity, misunderstanding and comic twists. I have had the pleasure of watching dozens of Opera North productions over the last few years and they’ve hardly ever put a foot wrong.
Heather Lowe is the epitome of youthful lust as Cherubino and her performance of “Voi che sapete” was nothing short of electrifying.
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte after the play by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais; English translation by Jeremy Sams As he tries to outsmart the Count and outrun Marcellina, he finds himself with an unlikely ally and makes a surprising discovery. Learn how your comment data is processed. Equally impressive is Máire Flavin who invests the Countess with a wounded dignity that is deeply moving, particularly during her gorgeous rendition of “Dove sono i bei momenti”. By the end of the first half, everyone’s shaken up.
It is simply superb. Music and action are perfectly blended. News, reviews, features and podcast on theatre across the UK. Mischief and mayhem await at Mozart's finest comedy opera. 1 to 29 February 2020. © Copyright 2012 to 2020 Leeds Digital Magazines Ltd, Our newsletter has everything you need to know about Leeds, WIN Tickets to The Marriage of Figaro With an Epic Italian Feast at Gusto Before the Show Worth Over £200. The nuptials don’t prevent the Count attempting to seduce Susanna but, of course, the Countess, Susanna and Figaro are wise to his ways, and the plan they’ve have hatched is put into action. The Opera North Orchestra has never sounded better; such was the elegance of the playing and the wit of the Continuo, that one could imagine a totally different band had played for the company’s searing Tosca.
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Opera North's revival of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro directed by Jo Davies and conducted by Antony Hermus at Leeds Grand Theatre is still full of comic exuberance. His long-suffering Countess was the elegant Máire Flavin, exquisitely costumed and played without any sense of her being a comic character. The old house keeper Marcellina demands that Figaro repay his overdue loan. It’s Figaro’s wedding day, but he’s in trouble. The piece de resistance of this fine production comes at the end. 15 Natural Wonders You Need to Visit in Yorkshire, Lavish Escape, Foodie Destination and Pampering Paradise – Country Comfort Meets Insane Indulgence at Grantley Hall, 10 Incredible Leeds Restaurants That Are Still Doing Takeaways, Exclusive Offer – Save £5 When You Spend £25 in One of These Irresistible Independents, 4 Scrummy New Openings Coming Soon to Leeds, 7 Bushcraft Courses You Can Do in Yorkshire, 3 Leeds Companies That Have Just Secured Major Investment, Where to Get the Best Sunday Lunch in Leeds, Leeds-List is the only guide you’ll ever need to Leeds and Yorkshire, The Most Exciting Place to Work in Leeds (If We Say So Ourselves), Reach new audiences with banners, custom and sponsored content on Leeds-List.
Well, the Count is out to bed his bride and Marcellina is calling in a debt at the altar. Jo Davies’ production highlights the farcical aspects of the story whilst not neglecting the poignant ones, and the interaction between the characters is its most singular feature. 511726. But this is a serious comedy; the musical commentary delves beneath the farce into the characters’ emotional lives.
It’s sung in English, a practice which some of us deprecate on the grounds that even so idiomatic a translation as Jeremy Sams’ cannot possibly convey the delectable symmetry of the music and da Ponte’s libretto, but beyond that one can surely have few complaints.
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