Three hours of horny aristocrats scheming in Italian? Mozart made it slap.
Le Nozze di Figaro New Production Teatro Real in co-production with Bilbao’s ABAO and Las Palmas Teatro Pérez Galdós. From the opening notes of the overture to the final curtain, Emilio Sagi’s classic, triumphant production brings to life all the elegant wit and theatricality of Mozart’s comic masterpiece Le nozze di Figaro. Leading baritone Ludovic Tézier shines as the lustful Count Almaviva who attempts to obtain the favors of Figaro’s bride-to-be, Susanna (Isabel Rey), while Luca Pisaroni gives a feisty performance as Figaro. Conductor Jesús López Cobos masterfully captures the enchanting score. A witty yet profound tale of love, betrayal, and forgiveness.
Direction
Sagi's staging turns every door slam into pure comedy gold.
Acting
Pisaroni's Figaro—frazzled, furious, somehow still lovable.
Production
Teatro Real's sets: Marie Antoinette's Pinterest board come alive.
Director
Emilio Sagi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2009 production marked López Cobos's return to Madrid after 25 years—he'd conducted Figaro's Spanish premiere in 1984.
Beaumarchais's original play was banned in Vienna; Mozart and Da Ponte had to sneak the class critique past censors by making it 'just' music. Suckers.
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