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.
10 pieces since 2009 — in 5 roles, at 4 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
3 pieces as Don Basilio — stats above show all coverage for Giuseppe Filianoti.
View allSaturday’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.
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.
Saturday afternoon’s performance of Le Nozze di Figaro at the Met was awash with contradictions.
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