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Le nozze di Figaro

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Opera in four acts by Mozart to a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte based on Beaumarchais's play. (1789 version, sung in Italian)
Mark Tatlow (harpsichord) Drottningholm Court Theatre Chorus and Orchestra/Arnold Ostman Acts 1 and 2 8.45 Brian Trowell considers Mozart's revisions for the 1789 Vienna revival of The
Marriage of Figaro.
9.00 Acts 3 and 4 Records

Contributors

Harpsichord:
Mark Tatlow
Harpsichord:
Brian Trowell
Count Almaviva:
Hakan Hagegard (bantone)
Countess Almaviva:
Arleen Auger (soprano)
Susanna:
Barbara Bonney (sop)
Figaro:
Petteri Salomaa (bar)
Cherubino:
Alicia Nafe (mezzo)
Mareellina:
Della Jones (mezzo)
Dr Bartolo:
Carlos Feller (bass)
Don Basilio:
Edoardo Gimenez (tenor)
Don Curzio:
Francis Egerton (ten)
Barbarina:
Nancy Argenta (sop)
Antonio:
Enzo Florimo (bass)
Two girls:
Viveka Anderberg (soprano)
Two girls:
Maria Hoglind (mezzo)
Source: Radio Times

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