LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Opera buffa in four acts in Italian
Liberetto: Lorenzo de Ponte, after Beaumarchais.Premièr at Burgtheater, Vienna – 1 May 1786
22† July 1963
Royal Albert Hall, London
BBC PROMS [Prom 2]
PROMS PREMIERE
A Concert Performance of the production given by Glyndebourne Opera Festival
The Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Conductor: Silvio Varviso
Chorus master: Myer Fredman
Stage director: Carl Ebert (1955)
Scene and costumes: Oliver MesselChoreographer: Robert Harrold
Count Almaviva MICHAEL ROUX baritone
Figaro his valet HEINZ BLAKENBURG baritone
Doctor Bartolo MICHAEL LANGDON bass
Don Basilio a music-master HUGUES CUENOD tenor
Cherubino a page EDITH MATHIS soprano
Antonio a gardener DERICK DAVIES bass
Don Curizo counsellor at law JOHN KENTISH tenor
Countess Almaviva LEYLA GENCER soprano
Susanna her personal maid LILIANE BERTON soprano
Marcellina a duenna ROSA LANGHEZZA soprano
Barbarina Antonio’s niece MARIA ZERI soprano
Bridesmaid AUDREY ATTWOOD
Harpsichord Martin Iseppe
Time: Eighteenth Century
Place: The Count’s chateau of Aguas Frescas, near
Seville† Recording date [Recorded and broadcasted by BBC Third & BBC Overseas Service]
