The Marriage of Figaro
- Comedy
- Music
Overview
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro is a comedy whose dark undertones explore the blurred boundaries between dying feudalism and emerging Enlightenment. Herman Prey's Figaro is admirably sung in a firm baritone and aptly characterized. So too, is his antagonist, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as the Count perpetually frustrated by the scheming wiles of Figaro and Susanna, here the perky Mirella Freni, who sings and acts like a dream. The Countess is creamy-voiced Kiri Te Kanawa, and the Cherubino, Maria Ewing, looks just like the horny, teenaged page she's supposed to be. The all-star leads are complemented by worthy supporting singers, the Vienna Philharmonic at the top of its form, and the experienced Mozartian, Karl Böhm conducting a stylishly fleet performance.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 1, 1975
- Original language
- Italian
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Germany
- Cast
- Hermann Prey,Mirella Freni,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Kiri Te Kanawa,Maria Ewing,Heather Begg,Paolo Montarsolo,John van Kesteren,Willy Caron,Hans Kraemmerand 2 more
- Director
- Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
- Writer
- Lorenzo da Ponte,Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais,Jean-Pierre Ponnelle,Jean-Louis Martinoty
- Producer
- Fritz Buttenstedt
- Cinematography
- Ernst Wild
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0220672