Le nozze di Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lorenzo da Ponte

August 15, 20, & 22, 2008; 8pm
August 18 & 24, 2008; 2pm

The Colonial Theatre

Tables are turning on the “droigt du seigneur.” Mistaken identities and bedroom disguises conspire to turn the order of a palace on its head. A simple marriage is planned for an average day that comically and poignantly unravels in the course of a single day.

Figaro CastWritten just after the American Revolution and just before the French, the landmark play Le nozze di Figaro by Beaumarchais served almost a map for late 18th-century Europe heading into a period of great political and social upheaval. Servants manipulate masters, women outsmart men; most importantly, intelligence and love triumph over wealth and power. The optimism of this play, its belief in the human spirit – all brilliantly expressed in music and lyrics by Mozart and Da Ponte - is still fresh and inspiring to 21st-century ears.

Ryan McKinny, Figaro
Suzanne Ramo, Susanna
Tamara Wilson, Countess Almaviva
Liam Bonner, Count Almaviva
Maureen O’Flynn, Cherubino
Jason Hardy, Dr. Bartolo
Fenlon Lamb, Marcellina
Jason Ferrante, Don Basilio / Don Curzio
Courtenay Budd, Barbarina
Claude Corbeil, Antonio

Kathleen Kelly, conductor
Gregory Keller, stage director
Dipu Gupta, set and lighting design
Charles Caine, costume design
Maia Robbins-Zust, technical director/production coordinator

Le nozze di Figaro
August 15, 18m, 20, 22, 24m, 2008
The Colonial Theatre
$90/$75/$50/$20
Tickets: 413.997.4444
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