Royal Opera House Live 2024/25: The Marriage of Figaro

Sep 10, 2024

3h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

Count Almaviva lives with his Countess on their estate near Seville. The Count has his eye on his wife’s maid Susanna, who is betrothed to the Count’s servant, Figaro. Much to Figaro’s dismay, the Count plans to seduce Susanna on wedding night. Meanwhile, Cherubino, the Count’s young page, is infatuated with the Countess, but has just been dismissed after being discovered with Barbarina, the gardener Antonio’s daughter.

Genres

Music

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House Live 2024/25: The Marriage of Figaro Trailers

Cast

Figaro

Luca Micheletti

Susanna

Ying Fang

Bartolo

Peter Kálmán

Marcellina

Rebecca Evans

Cherubino

Ginger Costa-Jackson

Count Almaviva

Huw Montague Rendall

Don Basilio

Adrian Thompson

Countess Almaviva

Maria Bengtsson

Antonio

Jeremy White

Don Curzio

Alasdair Elliott

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