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Indeed, this Figaro’s sleeves are so stuffed with tricks it sometimes feels like it’s in an arms race with itself — and, at the same time, the physical truth of the gesture is a wonder.
In 2015, director Barbara Gaines’ Lyric Opera production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” became the first production of Anthony Freud’s formal tenure as Lyric’s ...
The New Mexican’s review of The Marriage of Figaro at the Santa Fe Opera will be based on the July 4 performance and will run July 6. Meanwhile, here’s a sneak preview, with observations about ...
“The Marriage of Figaro” is the ultimate ensemble opera, so what happens when one person sings all the parts? The countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is currently doing just that at Little ...
The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart’s beloved opera of amorous lovers, mistaken identities, and affairs of the heart, is replete with warmth, lyricism, and a touch of sweetness. Though there is ...
Audiences demanded so many encores at the Prague performances of Mozart's opera Marriage of Figaro, that the Emperor ordered a ban on repeating the big numbers. The Berlin Philharmonic plays the ...
In this much-trimmed 100-minute “Figaro,” Costanzo sings all the parts, or enthusiastically tries to: men and women, nobles and servants, high notes and low.
Sarasota Opera will open Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro this month. There will be seven performances of the opera at the Sarasota Opera House.
The brilliant Lillian Groag has been a favorite stage director for the Virginia Opera for the past 20 years. When former VO Artistic Director Peter Mark convinced her that her pristine reputation ...
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo sings Figaro, Susanna, the Count, Countess, Cherubino, Antonio and Barbarina in Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” at New York’s Little Island, stretching ...