Mozart : Le Nozze di Figaro - Staatsoper Berlin 2021

Cast Vincent Huguet — Stage director Aurélie Maestre — Set designer Clémence Pernoud — Costumes Irene Selka — Lighting Thomas Wilhelm — Choreographer Louis Geisler — Dramaturgy Gyula Orendt — Count Almaviva Elsa Dreisig — Countess Almaviva Nadine Sierra — Susanna Riccardo Fassi — Figaro Emily D’Angelo — Cherubino Katharina Kammerloher — Marcellina Stephan Rügamer — Basilio Siegfried Jerusalem — Don Curzio Maurizio Muraro — Bartolo David Oštrek — Antonio Liubov Medvedeva — Barbarina Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Martin Wright — Chorus director Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim — Conductor Program notes Rediscover the adventures of Susanna—and her famous fiancé—live from Berlin! Set designer Aurélie Maestre and costume designer Clémence Pernoud have moved the action of this Staatsoper Berlin production into the 80s, imbuing it with a retro ambiance that adds to the natural comedy of the opera. Throughout this adaptation of Le nozze di Figaro, stage director Vincent Huguet has an eye for more than just entertainment: the extraordinary singing and acting talent of the soloists, including the stellar Elsa Dreisig, Nadine Sierra and Emily D’Angelo, also allow him the leeway for nuanced reflections on human behavior. This already fantastic bill is topped off by the world-class Staatskapelle Berlin with the legendary Daniel Barenboim at its helm: a sheer delight for eyes, ears, and mind!