The Royal Opera - Le nozze di Figaro Reviews
28 March 2024
Lucy Crowe (Susanna), Renata Prokupic (Cherubino)
Maria Bengtsson (Countess), Christopher Maltman (Count)
Ensemble
Carlos Chausson (Dr Bartolo), Helene Schneidermann (Marcellina)
Lucy Crowe (Susanna), Luca Pisaroni (Figaro)

Performance reviews

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Le nozze di Figaro

The Royal Opera


No. of reviews: 17

A very disappointing evening
24 May 14 / Musical Criticism
A ‘Figaro' that will live long in the memory
5 May 14 / What's on Stage
The fine cast all interact harmoniously, enhanced this time by the sensitive conducting of David Syrus
5 May 14 / Independent
Good ensemble work in McVicar’s Figaro revival
5 May 14 / Seen and Heard
Las erecciones de Almaviva
25 Oct 13 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
With this stunningly talented cast McVicar's direction finally makes sense
27 Sep 13 / Musical Criticism
A perfect union of comedy and the sheer power of Mozart's incomparable score
21 Sep 13 / Express
The final element that makes the performance such a success is Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s conducting
20 Sep 13 / Music OMH
Maltman's striking Almaviva leads excellent McVicar revival
19 Sep 13 / Opera Britannia
This revival of Mozart’s miraculous comedy is unadulterated joy
19 Sep 13 / Telegraph
A highly enjoyable production which has more intergrity than many
18 Sep 13 / Classical Source
Classic Figaro production with cosmopolitan cast
18 Sep 13 / Seen and Heard
David McVicar’s revived production is played with delightful zes
18 Sep 13 / Financial Times
A richly rewarding evening – provocative, deeply moving and wonderfully humane
18 Sep 13 / The Guardian
David McVicar returns to direct a razor-sharp revival of Mozart's masterpiece
18 Sep 13 / What's on Stage
This revival of Sir David McVicar’s 2006 staging is a rewarding one
17 Sep 13 / The Stage
Servants outshine nobles in a hard-pressed revival of opera's greatest comedy
17 Sep 13 / The Arts Desk
Production details
Cast
Maltman/Finley, Bengtsson/Evans, Crowe/Tilling, Pisaroni/Esposito, Pokupic/Bonitatibus, Schneiderman/McLaughlin, Chausson/Stamboglis, Fouchécourt/de Mey, Elliott/Robinson, Bevan/Bijelic, Black/White
(c) Gardiner/Syrus (d) McVicar
Performance dates
16, 18, 21, 25, 27 September, 2, 4, 7 October 2013, 2, 5, 7, 10(m) May 2014
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