The Marriage of Figaro overview: Magnificent Mozart on the Royal Opera | Theatre | Entertainment | EUROtoday

David McVicar brings out the perfect in a younger solid for this eleventh revival of his 2006 manufacturing of Mozart’s wonderful Marriage of Figaro. As he has proven in lots of different productions, McVicar combines whole respect for the intentions of the unique composer and librettist with a knack for sensing the strengths of the person solid members. Each time he returns for a revival, he makes slight however vital gildings to meld every little thing collectively in the absolute best approach. When the solid is as younger and enthusiastic as this one, the outcome might be wonderful.

Italian baritone Luca Micheletti gave a robust show as Figaro, bringing out the character’s hostility in direction of his employer Count Almaviva who was performed with equal vigour by British baritone Huw Montague Rendall. The Count’s sinister plans to seduce Figaro’s bride Susanna and Figaro’s convoluted scheme to foil him present nice comedian potential, introduced out completely on this manufacturing.

Chinese soprano Ying Fang as Susanna and Italian-American mezzo-soprano Ginger Costa-Jackson as Cherubino are each making their Royal Opera debuts in glorious fashion. Ying Fang has a fantastically pure voice, good to convey out the attraction of Mozart’s music, whereas Costa-Jackson impresses in each her singing and performing skills in displaying the cheekiness and frustration of the mischievous lovelorn pageboy.

All these performances are enhanced by particular person repertoires of gestures and grimaces which significantly add to the humour. I have no idea whether or not these are examples of McVicar’s meticulous take care of element or the singers’ personal spontaneous gildings, however it doesn’t matter. With the solid seeming to take pleasure in themselves as a lot because the viewers, all of it added to the obvious freshness of this revered manufacturing.

The pleasure was accomplished by a nice efficiency from the Royal Opera House orchestra, impressively performed by Julia Jones at tempo to maintain the singers and instrumentalists completely collectively all through.

My final take a look at of any Mozart opera is all the time to ask myself whether or not the composer himself would have accepted. Had he seen this, I really feel positive he would have been having fun with himself significantly, laughing and applauding together with the remainder of the viewers. An amazing manufacturing of an exquisite opera with nice performances from a vastly proficient solid. An night on the opera doesn’t come any higher than this.

The Marriage of Figaro is enjoying on the Royal Opera House till 15 September. Box workplace: rbo.org.uk or 020 7304 4000