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Salzburg Festival 1986 The Marriage of Figaro Opera in four acts
Libretto by LORENZO DA PONTE after the play by BEAUMARCHAIS Music by Mozart
(sung in Italian) I (bass) (soprano) (baSS) (mezzo-soprano) (mezzo-soprano) (bass) (tenor) (soprano) (bass) (tenor) (soprano)
VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by JAMES LEVINE Acts 1 and 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Conducted By:
James Levine
Figaro, valet to Count Almaviva:
Ferruccio Furlanetto
Susanna, maid to Countess Almaviva:
Kathleen Battle
Dr Bartolo, a physician from Seville:
Gunter von Kannen
Marcellina, his housekeeper:
Jocelyne Taillon
Cherubino, page to the Count:
Diana Montague
Count Almaviva:
James Morris
Don Basilio, priest and music-master:
Ricardo Cassinelli
Countess Almaviva:
Lucia Popp
Antonio, the Count's gardener:
Federico Davia
Don Curzio, a notary:
Jose Denisty
Barbarina, Antonio's daughter:
Dawn Upshaw
Source: Radio Times

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