Le nozze di Figaro

If he were to approve this play, he could immediately tear down the Bastille — according to King Louis XVI when he read Le mariage de Figaro by the enlightener Beaumarchais. Prophetic words a few years before the French Revolution. But no ban prevented the highly explosive substance from spreading rapidly. The story of everyone fighting back against the arbitrary rule of a patriarch struck the nerve of the times too much. With Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte created a timeless social study in which humor and social criticism are in perfect balance. Götz Friedrich's production focuses on turbulent interpersonal events and thus creates the ideal platform for presenting ensemble members and guests who enjoy playing. As a foretaste of his new production Così fan tutte, Riccardo Minasi conducts this revival with Maria Bengtsson as Countess and the two young Frenchmen Florian Sempey as Count and Adele Charvet as Cherubino.

Commedia per musica in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte based on the drama Le mariage de Figaro by Pierre de Beaumarchai's premiere on May 1, 1786 in Vienna Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on December 14, 1978