Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met (1985)
December 14, 1985Release Date
Plot.
From the "James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met" DVD box set. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s landmark production of Mozart’s most human comedy provides the perfect setting for this superb cast under James Levine’s ebullient leadership. The philandering and arrogant Count Almaviva (Thomas Allen) is no match for his wily servant Figaro (Ruggero Raimondi), whose soon-to-be-wife Susanna (Kathleen Battle) is as manipulative as she is charming. Add in one beautiful, disillusioned Countess (Carol Vaness) and one irrepressible, testosterone-laden teenage boy (Cherubino, played by Federica von Stade), and it’s no wonder some critics say this is the perfect opera.
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Cast & Crew.

Carol Vaness

Kathleen Battle

Ruggero Raimondi

Bryn Terfel
Figaro

Cecilia Bartoli
Susanna

Thomas Allen

Frederica von Stade

MET Orchestra
Details.
Release DateDecember 14, 1985
StatusReleased
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