Le Nozze di Figaro

  • 2013/2014 Season
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Le Nozze di Figaro
    Opera in 4 Acts
    Sung in Italian with Japanese Supertitles
  • OPERA HOUSE

This Andreas Homoki production created a buzz with its stage art, which is rendered primarily in black and white. Wielding the baton will be Ulf Schirmer, a man who has conducted a number of previous NNTT opera productions. Marco Vinco will sing the title role, as part of a cast of rising stars currently working in some of the world's finest opera houses. Susanna will be sung by Kushima Kanae, who continues to impress with her growth as an artist. Bartolo will be sung by Matsui Hiroshi, who currently works and lives in Germany. They will perform amid a cast of individualistic artists who promise to deliver a superb ensemble performance.

SYNOPSIS

A former barber and now a servant of Count Almaviva, Figaro is going to marry Susanna, a servant of the Countess. Although the Count has already given up the right of the first night (the lord's right to share the first marriage night with his servant's bride in place of the servant), the Count, who fancies Susanna, intends to reclaim the right. The Countess laments that her husband's love for her is cooling. Therefore, the Countess, Figaro and Susanna all conspire to outwit the Count. They use Susanna's clothes to disguise Cherubino, a page at puberty, as a woman and try to lure out the Count···

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