Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro
It isn’t only the music, all those glorious arias, bustling duets, teasing trios, and the Finales that begin intimately until they become symphonies of voice that just keep rolling, full of character and inspiration that we hope will never stop. It isn’t only the plot, the upstairs-downstairs story of social and financial privilege that gets turned on its head when wisdom and wit outmaneuver treachery. www.eventbrite.com/e/le-nozze-di-figaro-tickets-150624815879 |
Le Nozze di Figaro will also live on because we allow history to keep repeating itself. With the #metoo and #blacklivesmatter movements shining new light on ancient inequities, it is no longer time for Le Nozze to give us the opportunity to laugh at ourselves; Rather, it is time for this opera to remind us that the sins aren’t new, and the recompense, when it begins, will be as many generations in the restitution as it was in creation.
With The Count’s sexual pursuit of The Countess’ maid in full swing, and the maid’s fiancé unable to stay focused enough to be of real assistance, the two women join forces to save their honors. If this doesn’t sound like a familiar story to you, you haven’t been paying attention.
Resident Music Director Sarah Jenks’ Mozart For Millennials version turns much of Mozart’s recitative into comedic narration, keeping the storyline clear while making supertitles unnecessary and allowing today’s audience to focus on the music. Favorite baritones Jonathan Wilson and Noah Gartner return as Figaro and The Count respectively, Mary Govertsen sings The Countess (you may have heard her fine performance in the second act of this opera in last Spring’s Letters of Love and Subterfuge concert last Spring), and soprano Anne Slovin returns to us as Susanna. Anne last appeared with TT-O as Irena in Richard Wargo’s The Seduction of A Lady.
Le Nozze di Figaro will stream in mid-April, 2021.
With The Count’s sexual pursuit of The Countess’ maid in full swing, and the maid’s fiancé unable to stay focused enough to be of real assistance, the two women join forces to save their honors. If this doesn’t sound like a familiar story to you, you haven’t been paying attention.
Resident Music Director Sarah Jenks’ Mozart For Millennials version turns much of Mozart’s recitative into comedic narration, keeping the storyline clear while making supertitles unnecessary and allowing today’s audience to focus on the music. Favorite baritones Jonathan Wilson and Noah Gartner return as Figaro and The Count respectively, Mary Govertsen sings The Countess (you may have heard her fine performance in the second act of this opera in last Spring’s Letters of Love and Subterfuge concert last Spring), and soprano Anne Slovin returns to us as Susanna. Anne last appeared with TT-O as Irena in Richard Wargo’s The Seduction of A Lady.
Le Nozze di Figaro will stream in mid-April, 2021.
MEET THE CAST
Figaro - Jonathan Wilson
Susanna - Anne Slovin
Countess Rosina Almaviva - Mary Govertsen
Count Almaviva - Noah Gartner
Cherubino – Brittany Jeffery
Marcellina – Katherine B. Dalin
Other roles TBA
Susanna - Anne Slovin
Countess Rosina Almaviva - Mary Govertsen
Count Almaviva - Noah Gartner
Cherubino – Brittany Jeffery
Marcellina – Katherine B. Dalin
Other roles TBA