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Opera on 3: Mozart's Marriage of Figaro from the Metropolitan Opera

Mozart's Marriage of Figaro from the Metropolitan Opera

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

Mozart's Marriage of Figaro from the Metropolitan Opera starring Ildar Abdrazakov, Nadine Sierra and Marisuz Kwiecien.

Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro from the Metropolitan Opera starring Ildar Abdrazakov, Nadine Sierra and Marisuz Kwiecien.  The story tells how the crafty servants Figaro and Susanna succeed in getting married, despite the best efforts of their philandering employer Count Almaviva to have a romantic assignation with Susanna before her marriage. But not before a series of comic misunderstandings are resolved.  
This performance from 2018 from the Met in New York is presented by Mary-Jo Heath and commentator Ira Siff.

Photo: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera

Figaro.....Ildar Abdrazakov (Bass)
Susanna.....Nadine Sierra (Soprano) 
Count Almaviva.....Marisuz Kwiecien (Baritone)
Countess Almaviva.....Ailyn Perez (Soprano)
Cherubino.....Isabel Leonard (Mezzo-soprano)
Marcellina.....Katarina Leoson (Soprano)
Doctor Bartolo.....Maurizio Muraro (Singer)
Don Basilio.....Greg Fedderly (Tenor)
Antonio.....Paul Corona (Bass)
Barbarina.....Ashley Emerson (Soprano)
Don Curzio.....Scott Scully (Tenor)
Linda Burman-Hall (Harpsichord)
David Heiss (Cello)
New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus 
Harry Bicket (Conductor)

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