Down for the Count
An uneven new cast can’t dim the glow of Richard Eyre‘s incisive Le nozze di Figaro at the Met
Adam Plachetka
21 pieces since 2013 — in 11 roles, at 4 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
21
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11
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4
companies
14
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By role
3 pieces as Count Almaviva — stats above show all coverage for Adam Plachetka.
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A crazier day
Saturday’s performance of Le nozze di Figaro at the Met mined the humor from Mozart’s divine setting of Beaumarchais’s play about a crazy day in the Almaviva household.
Midwinter marriage
Despite having lost its announced Cherubino, conductor and Count (the latter in the midst of rehearsals), the season premiere of Le Nozze di Figaro Saturday afternoon proved to be one of the most enjoyable Met Mozart performances I’ve attended in ages.