Le Nozze di Figaro

MUSIC BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA PRODUCTION

Mozart's warmest, wisest opera is one of the composer’s most graceful creations—a tender comedy in which a countess and her servant join forces to punish her aristocrat husband for his philandering. In the process, two very different couples learn humbling lessons about life and love. The cast is led by Philippe Sly as Figaro, a “gifted and accomplished” singer who has “the ability to combine virility and tenderness in a single phrase” (San Francisco Chronicle). Luca Pisaroni, known for his “impressive natural gifts” and “masterful intelligence and taste” (Opera News) is the lecherous Count, with the charismatic Nadine Sierra as his Countess and Lisette Oropesa as Figaro’s saucy love Susanna. Patrick Summers, whose Figaro was celebrated for its “dramatic pace, musical discernment and unfailing good taste” (Sydney Morning Herald), conducts.

Sung in Italian with English supertitles Approximate running time: 3 hours, 40 minutes including two intermissions

San Francisco Opera production

Pre-Opera Talks are free to ticketholders and take place in the Opera House in the Orchestra section, 55 minutes prior to curtain.

Audio excerpts are from the 2010 performance of The Marriage of Figaro with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Nicola Luisotti.