MOZART The Marriage of Figaro

 

Set design: Hans Schavernoch

Costumes: Sylvie de Segonzac

Lighting: Jean Kalman

Choreography: Cookie Chiapalone

Director for TV : Pierre Barré

Production for TV : François Duplat - Bel Air Media

 

Pietro Spagnoli (Count); Annette Dash (Countess); Rosemary Joshua (Susanna); Luca Pisaroni (Figaro); Angelika Kirchschlager (Cherubino); Sophie Pondjiclis (Marcellina); Alessandro Svab (Antonio); Antonio Abete (Bartolo); Enrico Facini (Don Basilio); Paulette Courtin (Barbarina); Serge Goubioud (Don Curzio);

Concerto Köln; Choeur du Théâtre des Champs Elysées

René Jacobs

 

Recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in June 2004, this Marriage of Figaro was unanimously acclaimed by public and critics alike as a Mozart opera landmark. Director Jean-Louis Martinoty brings an elegantly intelligent narrative sense to an interpretation in which the protagonists, against a backdrop of magnificent canvases of 18th-century inspiration, are dressed by Sylvie de Segonzac in a palette in which every shade is perfect. Hans Schavernoch's set suggests an elitist society that is coming apart at the seams.

René Jacobs's conducting of Concerto Köln is meticulous and perfectly balanced, offering a ravishing use of tonal colour and orchestral dynamics.A veteran Almaviva, the excellent Pietro Spagnoli plays opposite Annette Dasch's vocally gorgeous Countess. As Figaro and Susanna, Luca Pisaroni and Rosemary Joshua are a truly sparkling couple, while mezzo Angelika Kirchschlager embodies a divinely troubled Cherubino.

 

All zones, Format: 16/9, PCM stereo,

Dolby digital 5.1 DTS

Subtitles: Fr, Eng, Ger, Spa, Ita

Booklet: 36 illustrated pages, Fr, Eng, Ger

DVD Type: NTSC

 

Bel Air Classiques 2 DVDs BAC017