Review: Listening at the Met, After James Levine
Performances of “Le Nozze di Figaro” and “Norma” provided a glimpse at the post-Levine company, and offered reflections of social and political upheaval.
Category Archives: Le Nozze di Figaro (Opera)
Remember When ‘Figaro’ Was Set in Trump Tower?
Peter Sellars on his Reagan-era staging of “Le Nozze di Figaro” (1988), why he chose the setting, and what Mozart was saying about money, class and power.
Review: In the Met’s ‘Figaro,’ a Scene Stealer in Her Element
As the lusty page Cherubino, Isabel Leonard has plenty of opportunities to command the stage in Richard Eyre’s production.
ArtsBeat: What’s On This Week Around the World
A dance festival opens in Guangzhou, China; an exhibition of Goya’s artwork runs in London; a tricky opera by Prokofiev shows in Buenos Aires.
Critic’s Notebook: At Salzburg Festival, Musicians Tap Their Inner Mozarts and Schuberts
A stretched-out Schubert piece has been among the performances during this Austrian event’s full calendar.
Opera Review: ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ Returns to the Met
“Le Nozze di Figaro” has returned to the Met for a short run with a new cast and conductor.
ArtsBeat: Musicians Union Ratifies Met Opera Contract
Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians, which represents the players in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, announced on Tuesday that its members had ratified the labor agreement that the union negotiated with the Met last month.
Richard Eyre to Direct ‘Figaro’ at the Metropolitan Opera
Mr. Eyre will direct a new production of Mozart’s “Nozze di Figaro” that will open the Met’s 2014-15 season, scrapping plans to use a recent Glyndebourne production by Michael Grandage.
    
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Music Review: ‘Figaro,’ From Budapest Orchestra, Has Silly Touches
The Budapest Festival Orchestra is presenting a staged version of Mozart’s “Nozze di Figaro” at the Rose Theater.
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Music Review: Call It ‘The Green Card of Figaro,’ With Thanks to Mozart
In Morningside Opera’s “¡Figaro! (90210),” an adaptation of Mozart’s “Nozze di Figaro,” Figaro and Susana are undocumented Mexican workers.
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