Le nozze di Figaro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's landmark production of Mozart's most human comedy provides the perfect setting for this superb cast under James Levine's ebullient leadership. The philandering and arrogant Count Almaviva (Thomas Allen) is no match for his wily servant Figaro (Ruggero Raimondi),...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Italian English |
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[New York, New York] :
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[1985]
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| Summary: | Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's landmark production of Mozart's most human comedy provides the perfect setting for this superb cast under James Levine's ebullient leadership. The philandering and arrogant Count Almaviva (Thomas Allen) is no match for his wily servant Figaro (Ruggero Raimondi), whose soon-to-be-wife Susanna (Kathleen Battle) is as manipulative as she is charming. Add in one beautiful, disillusioned Countess (Carol Vaness) and one irrepressible, testosterone-laden teenage boy (Cherubino, played by Federica von Stade), and it's no wonder some critics say this is the perfect opera. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (3 hr., 12 min., 9 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Playing Time: | 03:12:09 |
| Production Credits: | Director, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. |
| Participant or Performer: | Carol Vaness ; Kathleen Battle ; Frederica von Stade ; Thomas Allen ; Ruggero Raimondi ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor. |
| Language: | Sung in Italian; English subtitles. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded live in 1985 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York. |