Opus Arte: OA0960DMozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 |
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Peter Mattei, Lorenzo Regazzo, Christiane Oelze, Heidi Grant Murphy & Christine Schäfer Orchestra and Chorus of The Opéra national de Paris, Sylvain Cambreling Subtitles EN/FR/DE/ES/IT ‘Update is the imperfect noun we use. Christoph Marthaler's production has transposed 18th-century upstairsdownstairs
to bridal retail in 2001. We get Mozart's music and Da Ponte's words, subject to Mr. Marthaler's cheerful
interventions and interpolations, but everyone onstage dresses like you and me. Christine Schäfer's Cherubino is
the most successful transplant. With her T-shirt, hip-hop jeans, mop wig and chewing gum, Ms. Schäfer sings
sweetly and argues well for the lovesick page as ghastly 21st-century teenager... Lorenzo Regazzo is a natural born
Figaro…’ New York Times | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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