La Nozze de Figaro performed by the Metropolitan Opera at the Metropolitan Opera House at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, April 16, 2022.
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor: James Gaffigan
My mother wanted to take my daughter to the opera. I was uncertain about how well that would go, but on the night before Easter the three of us watched Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” from the Family Circle and we all made it through the three and a half hour performance with no complaints. It was fun to used opera glasses to get a closer look at the fantastic costumes and stunning set design. And the music is good too. I personally think that soprano Ying Fang stole the show as Susanna. The story doesn’t make a ton of sense but is basically a Twelfth Night style of comical pranks and revenge plots among a group of people who alternate between being horny and angry at other people for being horny.
Note: This trailer has the same set and costumes but a different cast than the production we saw.
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Just about none of the stories of the operas make much sense. I had read a book, with the stories of many operas, before NYC public schools and (I think) City Opera got me addicted to Mozart, as a pre-teen, with a performance of Cosi Fan Tutte, in English.
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