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The Marriage of Figaro (1975)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Comedy, Music · 3h 01m
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.
Cast
Hermann Prey
Figaro
Mirella Freni
Susanna
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Il Conte di Almaviva
Kiri Te Kanawa
La Contessa di Almaviva
Maria Ewing
Cherubino
Janet Perry
Barbarina
Crew
- Director
- Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
- Screenplay
- Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Jean-Louis Martinoty
- Writer
- Lorenzo da Ponte
- Director of Photography
- Ernst Wild
- Original Music Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Editor
- Gudrun Keyser
Details
- Original title
- Le nozze di Figaro
- Release date
- 1975-01-01
- Runtime
- 3h 01m
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Deutsche Grammophon, Unitel Classics, Universal Pictures