Le nozze di Figaro
(DVD)

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Director of photography, Fabio Brera ; editor, Giorgio Gianoglio ; chorus, Coro del Maggio Musical Fiorentino, orchestra, Orchestra del Maggio Musical Fiorentino ; costume designer, Sue Blane ; set designer, Peter J. Davison ; choreography, Susanna Quaranta ; production director, Corrado Casarini.

Lucio Gallo, Eteri Gvazava, Patrizia Ciofi, Giorgio Surian, Marina Comparato, Giovanna Donadini, Eduardo Chama, Sergio Bertocchi, Eleonora Contucci, Gianluca Ricci, Carlo Bosi, Gabrielle Cecchi, Laura Lensi.

Recorded live at the Teatro Communale, Florence, October 2003.

Preparing for their wedding, the valet Figaro learns from the maid Susanna that their philandering employer, Count Almaviva, has designs on her. In her boudoir, the Countess laments her husband's waning love but plots to chasten him, encouraged by Figaro and Susanna. Susanna leads the Count on with promises of a rendezvous in the garden. Alone later that day, Susanna rhapsodizes on her love for Figaro, but he, overhearing, thinks she means the Count. Almaviva chases Cherubino away and sends his wife, who he thinks is Susanna, to an arbor, to which he follows. By now Figaro understands the joke and, joining the fun, makes exaggerated love to Susanna in her Countess disguise. The Count returns, seeing, or so he thinks, Figaro with his wife. Outraged, he calls everyone to witness his judgment, but now the real Countess appears and reveals the ruse. Grasping the truth at last, the Count begs her pardon.

DVD, region 0, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DTS 5.1 surround, LPCM stereo., DVD-9, NTSC.

Sung in Italian, English, French, German or Italian subtitles; English, French or German liner notes.