The Marriage of Figaro, a comic opera in four acts by W.A. Mozart, text by da Ponte, based on Beaumarchais’ sequel to his Barber of Seville, recorded for television in front of a live audience at Glyndebourne in 1973 and produced by Peter Hall as part of the Glyndebourne Festival series. Highly acclaimed performances by an international cast including Knut Skram as Figaro, Ileana Cotrubas as Susanna, Benjamin Luxon as Count Almaviva and Kiri Te Kanawa as Countess Almaviva, supported by Frederica Von Stade, Marius Rintzler, Nucci Condo and John Fryatt, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Pritchard. Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
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ACMI Identifier
319595
Languages
English
Italian
Subject categories
Music & Performing Arts → Operas - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)