The Marriage of Figaro
Michael Grandage’s five-star production of Mozart’s greatest comedy
Tour dates
After the performances at Glyndebourne, this production will be on stage at Milton Keynes, Canterbury, Norwich and Liverpool.
All dates and times are subject to change.
About the opera
One wedding; one marriage on the rocks; one scheme; one day.
When a womanising aristocrat tries to seduce his valet’s pretty young fiancée, his wife and servants conspire to teach him a lesson in fidelity he’ll never forget. Plots are hatched, promises made (and broken) and disguises donned, as Mozart’s ‘mad day’ unfolds.
A revolutionary comedy in every sense, Mozart and Da Ponte’s adaptation of Beaumarchais’ banned 1778 play about warring masters and servants takes a topical satire and broadens it into a deeply human drama. The battle between both classes and sexes remains sharply bladed, but the characters themselves are rounded by some of Mozart’s most sparkling music into feeling, fallible and all too familiar personalities.
Director Michael Grandage updates the action to the dying days of Spain’s Franco regime in his 2012 production.
A revival of the Festival 2012 production. Sung in Italian with English supertitles
For the performance of The Marriage of Figaro at Glyndebourne on 25 October, children’s tickets are available for only £10 each when one or more full price ticket is purchased at £41 or above. The performance is recommended for children aged 12 and above. Please note that only one discount may be claimed per person. All offers are limited and may be withdrawn.
Audio description will be available at the performance of The Marriage of Figaro on Tuesday 25 October 2022 at 4.00pm.
Creative team
Conductor
Stephanie Childress
Director
Michael Grandage
Designer
Chrisopher Oram
Lighting Designer
Paule Constable
Movement Director
Ben Wright
Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Cast
Figaro
Alexander Miminoshvili
Susanna
Soraya Mafi
Count Almaviva
George Humphreys
Countess Almaviva
Nardus Williams
Bartolo
Henry Waddington
Marcellina
Madeleine Shaw
Cherubino
Ida Ränzlöv
Don Basilio
Colin Judson
Antonio
Nicholas Folwell

Illustration © Katie Ponder