Opera Fuoco: Figaro in the City (on-demand)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Le nozze di Figaro ("The Marriage of Figaro"), K. 492
Watch Figaro in the City, a modern-day retelling of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, and experience a unique new approach to opera. The 14-part mini-series is full of playful and spiteful intrigue that lead up to one of the most moving final scenes in opera history. Opera Fuoco’s young singers step into a production that takes them away from the confines of a stage and into the city of Paris’ quirky ateliers, streets, and gardens. Filmed to allow for theatrical intimacy and the safety of the cast during the Covid-19 pandemic, the camera itself becomes a character, reacting to each turn of the plot. As the instrumentalists and conductor disappear, the characters move fluidly from the opening opera rehearsal atmosphere to a real-life scenario.
Subtitles available in English or French.
Each episode of Figaro in the City was created to heighten the dramatic tension of the plot and to leave the audience waiting to see what happens next, all the while remaining faithful to Mozart’s original score. Conductor David Stern collaborates with videographer and stage-director Alexandre Camerlo to forge the artistic direction of this contemporary adaptation of an 18th-century classic.
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