The Marriage of Figaro

Live from Glyndebourne 1994. The first production to be filmed Live in Glyndebourne´s new opera house May 1994. The Marriage of Figaro is a continuation of the plot of The Barber of Seville several years later, and recounts a single “day of madness” in the palace of the Count Almaviva near Seville, Spain. Rosina is now the Countess; Dr. Bartolo is seeking revenge against Figaro for thwarting his plans to marry Rosina himself; and Count Almaviva has degenerated from the romantic youth of Barber into a scheming, bullying, skirt-chasing baritone. This follows the Count trying to obtain favours from Susanna, Figaro’s bride to be, under the nose of the Countess.

• Release date
• May 28, 1994
• Runtime
• 189 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Derek Bailey

Cast

Alison Hagley Susanna Gerald Finley Figaro Renée Fleming Countess Almaviva Andreas Schmidt Count Almaviva

M

Manfred Röhrl Bartolo

W

Wendy Hillhouse Marcellina Marie-Ange Todorovitch Cherubino

D

Donald Adams Antonio