The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

Overview

Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut leading an extraordinary cast in Mozart’s comic masterpiece. Bass-baritone Michael Sumuel stars as the clever valet Figaro, opposite soprano Olga Kulchynska as his betrothed, the wily maid Susanna. Baritone Joshua Hopkins is the skirt-chasing Count, with soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife and mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

Directed by Richard Eyre

Top cast

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Michael Sumuel

Figaro

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Olga Kulchynska

Susanna

Maurizio Muraro

Dr. Bartolo

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Elizabeth Bishop

Marcellina

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Sun-Ly Pierce

Cherubino

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Joshua Hopkins

Count

Federica Lombardi

Countess

Brenton Ryan

Don Basilio

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Paul Corona

Antonio

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Mei Gui Zhang

Barbarina

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Tony Stevenson

Don Curzio

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