The Marriage of Figaro

April 12, 2015 | Posted by Peter Jakobsen | Opera, THUMBNAIL REVIEWS | 0 Comments |

(State Opera SA, 2008)

Mozart takes an imperial opera buffa and outdoes Rossini, no mean feat.  As directed by Neil Armfield, the sense of the composer’s wickedness is retained, with slight sets that actually add rather than detract.  As the triumphant underlings, Figaro and Susanna, David Thelander and Teresa La Rocca make a lovely couple and were in fine form. Based on the subversive book by Beaumarchais, Mozart manages (apparently without effort) to give his frantic entrances and exits a hard edge.  A great piece, worth seeing anytime – here done very well indeed.

 

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