Irish National Opera Presents: The Marriage of Figaro

Irish National Opera Presents: The Marriage of Figaro

Friday, 13 April 2018, 8.00pm

 MOZART // APRIL 2018 // DUBLIN, WEXFORD
The Marriage of Figaro

“There’s a heart in every beat, and vice versa, and never does Mozart give up on humanity”
- FREDERICA VON STADE, MEZZO SOPRANO

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH IRISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Sharp comedy. Sublime music. A story of social and sexual power in the sultry setting of a wealthy Spanish household.

Featuring Jonathan Lemalu as Figaro and Tara Erraught as Susanna.

“It’s perfectly lovely; breaking from one beauty into another, & so romantic as well as witty – the perfection of music, & vindication of opera”. Virginia Woolf, Diary, 1917

“ There are no winners or losers in Figaro, only slightly bewildered people who cope with the game of life… I turn the pages of any Mozart score and marvel. This genius defined the human condition in his music and we bravely try to squeeze his universe into the theatre”. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Opera Director

“A display of pinpoint perfection… if you haven’t heard Erraught… you’re missing out on an essential experience of 21st-century Ireland”
- THE IRISH TIMES

“From the moment she walks on to a stage Suzanne Murphy holds Dublin audiences in a strange thrall…Ms Murphy is more than just a singer, she is an extraordinarily gifted singing actress”
- THE IRISH TIMES

CAST
Figaro  Jonathan Lemalu
Susanna  Tara Erraught
Count  Ben McAteer
Countess  Máire Flavin
Cherubino  Aoife Miskelly
Basilio  Adrian Thompson
Bartolo  Graeme Danby
Marcellina  Suzanne Murphy
Curzio  Andrew Gavin
Antonio  John Molloy
Barbarina  Amy Ní Fhearraigh
Bridesmaid  Catherine Donnelly
Bridesmaid  Dominica Williams
Chorus of Irish National Opera
Irish Chamber Orchestra

CREATIVE TEAM
Conductor  Peter Whelan
Director  Patrick Mason
Set & Costume Designer  Francis O’Connor
Lighting Designer  Paul Keogan
Movement  Muirne Bloomer

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Published by Journal of Music on 22 January 2018

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