Deutsche Oper Berlin - Le Nozze di Figaro

If he were to approve this play, he might as well tear down the Bastille – so said King Louis XVI when he was presented with Le mariage de Figaro by the Enlightenment thinker Beaumarchais. Prophetic words just a few years before the French Revolution. Yet no ban could prevent the highly topical work from spreading rapidly. The story, in which everyone rebels against the tyrannical rule of a patriarch, struck a chord with the times. With Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte created a timeless social study in which humour and social criticism are perfectly balanced. Götz Friedrich’s production focuses on the turbulent interpersonal dynamics, thus creating the ideal platform to showcase the enthusiastic performances of the ensemble members and guest artists. As a preview to his new production of Così fan tutte, Riccardo Minasi is conducting this revival with Maria Bengtsson as the Countess and the two young French performers Florian Sempey as the Count and Adèle Charvet as Cherubino.

Age recommendation: from age 13

duration: 3 hours 45 minutes / including an interval after approx. 100 minutes

introduction: 45 minutes before the performance in the Rang Foyer on the right

program

Le Nozze di Figaro

Commedia per musica in vier Akten von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto von Lorenzo da Ponte nach dem Drama Le mariage de Figaro von Pierre de Beaumarchais

In italienischer Sprache mit deutschen und englischen Übertiteln

Place

On September 24, 1961 the Opernhaus that had been inaugurated in 1912 and destroyed during the War was reopened as Deutsche Oper Berlin. Ever since it has been Berlin´s largest and Germany´s second largest music theatre, featuring among the most modern institutions in Europe. The straightforward and elegant building that was realized by architect Fritz Bornemann (he also conceived the America Memorial Library and the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, a. o.) seats 1.859 and guarantees a maximum viewing and hearing experience for every visitor.