New Production The Marriage of Figaro
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Language - In Italian with projected English titles
- Running Time - 3 hours 30 minutes including 1 intermission
Join us at Lyric as the resourceful Figaro gets ready to marry his lovely Susanna – and endeavors to get his fiancée to the altar with her virtue still intact! His boss, the Count, has designs on Susanna and sees no reason to let her escape his noble snare, even if it means breaking the heart of his own long-suffering bride. But there’s rebellion in the air in a comedy that boasts more salon drama and backroom maneuverings than a whole season of Downton Abbey.
Enjoy Mozart’s masterpiece of mistaken identities, morals, and manners, directed by Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s brilliant Barbara Gaines with stunning new sets and sumptuous costumes. Experience the Lyric debuts of two major European stars – Adam Plachetka and Christiane Karg – with Luca Pisaroni as the incorrigibly rapacious Count and Amanda Majeski as “a ravishing, moving, and dignified Countess.” (Financial Times)
This production of The Marriage of Figaro was presented at Lyric September 26 – October 25, 2015. View our calendar to see what's currently on stage.
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The Marriage of Figaro
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Erato – Tomlinson, Rodgers, Bartoli, cond. Barenboim
“Non più andrai”
“Voi che sapete”
The Marriage of Figaro Articles
The Marriage of Figaro Synopsis
PLACE: “Aguas Frescas,” Count Almaviva’s castle near Seville
TIME: Late 18th century (some time after the action of The Barber of Seville)
Meet The Artists

Adam Plachetka
Figaro

Christiane Karg
Susanna

Amanda Majeski
Countess Almaviva

Luca Pisaroni
Count Almaviva

Rachel Frenkel
Cherubino

Katharine Goeldner
Marcellina

Brindley Sherratt
Bartolo

Keith Jameson
Basilio

Jonathan Johnson
Curzio

Bradley Smoak
Antonio

Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi
Barbarina

Laura Wilde
1st Peasant Girl

Lindsay Metzger
2nd Peasant Girl

Henrik Nánási
Conductor

Barbara Gaines
Director

Jim Noone
Set Designer

Susan Mickey
Costume Designer

Robert Wierzel
Lighting Designer

Michael Black
Chorus Master

Harrison McEldowney
Choreographer
New Lyric Opera production generously made possible by The Negaunee Foundation, the Abbott Fund, Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin, Exelon, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel.
Photo: Todd Rosenberg