Live from Glyndebourne 1994. The first production to be filmed Live in Glyndebourne´s new opera house May 1994. The Marriage of Figaro is a continuation of the plot of The Barber of Seville several years later, and recounts a single “day of madness” in the palace of the Count Almaviva near Seville, Spain. Rosina is now the Countess; Dr. Bartolo is seeking revenge against Figaro for thwarting his plans to marry Rosina himself; and Count Almaviva has degenerated from the romantic youth of Barber into a scheming, bullying, skirt-chasing baritone. This follows the Count trying to obtain favours from Susanna, Figaro’s bride to be, under the nose of the Countess.

Rating: 9

Cast:

Donald

Adams

Robert

Tear

John

Graham-Hall

Susan

Gritton

Liza

Pulman

Renée

Fleming

Gerald

Finley

Alison

Hagley

Andreas

Schmidt

Manfred

Röhrl

Wendy

Hillhouse

Marie-Ange

Todorovitch

Donald

Adams

Robert

Tear

John

Graham-Hall

Susan

Gritton

Liza

Pulman

Renée

Fleming

Gerald

Finley

Alison

Hagley

Andreas

Schmidt

Manfred

Röhrl