The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

(2014)

★ 8.3 IMDb · 33 votes

Genres: Music

Year: 2014

Runtime: 198 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Gary Halvorson

Cast: Amanda Majeski, Marlis Petersen, Isabel Leonard, Peter Mattei, Ильдар Абдразаков, MET Orchestra

Plot

Richard Eyre’s elegant production, which opened the Met’s 2014–15 season, sets the action of Mozart’s timeless social comedy in a manor house in 1930s Seville. Ildar Abdrazakov leads the cast as the resourceful Figaro set on outwitting his master, the philandering Count Almaviva, played by Peter Mattei. Marlis Petersen sings Susanna, the object of the Count’s affection and Figaro’s bride-to-be, Amanda Majeski is the Countess, and Isabel Leonard gives a standout performance as the pageboy Cherubino. Music Director James Levine on the podium brings out all the humor, drama, and humanity of Mozart’s score.