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Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances

Programme presenting rare and fascinating performances and vividly communicating the immediacy of the live experience

Opera on 3: Mozart's Marriage of Figaro

Mozart's Marriage of Figaro

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Mozart's Marriage of Figaro

Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro from the Royal Opera conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.

Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Christian Gerhaher and Joelle Harvey, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.

Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro 
Mozart's great comic opera of intrigue, misunderstanding and forgiveness, packed full of wonderful, and some of Mozart's most celebrated, arias. Christian Gerhaher sings the role of Figaro, who plans to marry Susanna, the soprano Joelle Harvey, but their master Count Almaviva, performed by Simon Keenlyside, has designs on Susanna. Meanwhile the young Cherubino, portrayed by countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim, explores his passion for the ladies and Countess Almaviva, performed by Julia Kleiter fights to regain her husband's love. Kangmin Justin Kim not only makes his debut at the Royal Opera House, but also makes history as the first male to portray Cherubino on the Covent Garden stage.
John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in this classic production. Kate Molleson presents and is joined by Tim Jones.

Figaro.....Christian Gerhaher (Baritone) 
Susanna.....Joelle Harvey (Soprano) 
Count Almaviva.....Simon Keenlyside (Baritone) 
Countess Almaviva.....Julia Kleiter (Soprano) 
Cherubino.....Kangmin Justin Kim (Counter-tenor) 
Bartolo.....Maurizio Muraro (Bass) 
Marcellina.....Diana Montague (Mezzo-soprano) 
Don Basilio.....Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Tenor) 
Antonio.....Jeremy White (Bass) 
Don Curzio.....Alasdair Elliott (Tenor) 
Barbarina.....Yaritza Veliz (Soprano) 
First Bridesmaid.....Rebecca Hardwick (Soprano) 
Second Bridesmaid.....Angharad Rowlands (Mezzo-soprano) 
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Royal Opera House Chorus
William Spaulding (Chorus Master)
John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor)

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