Cineworld Opera Season

Performance date: 11 April 2010

Running time: 185 mins

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Starring: Mariusz Kwiecien, Erwin Schrott, Camilla Tilling, Annette Dasch

Revolution is in the air in David McVicar's wonderfully illuminating production of Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro).

Count Almaviva's attempts to bed Susanna, his manservant Figaro's girl, are repeatedly thwarted by those around him - including this own wife, the Countess. Mozart's music makes this one of the finest jewels in the opera repertory, with a wealth of famous melodies that start from the familiar first notes of the energetic Overture. There is Cherubino's breathless infatuation in Non so piu cosa son and the playfulness of Figaro in Non piu andrai as he sends him off to war, but there is also the genuine despair of the Countess at her husband's infidelity, revealed in Porgi, amor and Dove sono. All shades of emotion are portrayed through the solos, duets and ensembles with this stellar cast of singers bringing Mozart's masterpiece to full dramatic life. Cast and crew subject to change.

Conductor: Colin Davis

You should see it because: Updated to 1830, it's a battle of the classes and sexes that's full of intrigue and passion.