Le nozze di Figaro /

"Lorenzo Da Ponte's libretto and Mozart's music were to transform the stock characters of the opera buffa tradition into real human beings, making Le Nozze di Figaro one of the most sophisticated operas of all time. Christoph Marthaler's take on Mozart's classic is both dari...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Corporate Authors:	Opéra de Paris. Orchestre, Opéra de Paris. Chœur
Other Authors:	Marthaler, Christoph, 1951-, Cambreling, Sylvain, Mattei, Peter, 1965-, Regazzo, Lorenzo, Oelze, Christiane, Grant Murphy, Heidi, Schäfer, Christine, 1965-, Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838
Format:	Video
Language:	Italian
Language Notes:	Sung in Italian with subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
Published:	[East Sussex, U.K.] : Opus Arte, ©2006.
Series:	Opera in video.
Subjects:	Operas. Webcast Alexander Street Video. Internet videos. Vidéos sur Internet.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	"Lorenzo Da Ponte's libretto and Mozart's music were to transform the stock characters of the opera buffa tradition into real human beings, making Le Nozze di Figaro one of the most sophisticated operas of all time. Christoph Marthaler's take on Mozart's classic is both daringly original and highly contemporary, the setting transposed to a wedding-dress shop lit with neon lights and a shabby register office"--Original container.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 streaming video (approximately 260 min.))
Production Credits:	Stage director, Christoph Marthaler; set and costume designer, Anna Vierock; lighting designer, Olaf Winter; chroreographer, Thomas Stache; TV director, Thomas Grimm.