Marriage of Figaro Highlights

Marriage of Figaro Summer 2015 Highlights- A fun & playful comedy with two lovers, a countess - tickets now at www.sfopera.com

[@simonkawasaki4229]

SERIOUSLY one of the BEST PRODUCTIONS of this opera I have EVER SEEN. San Francisco Opera... PLEASE release the entire opera recording for purchase!!

[@mistersmith1883]

They did a great job.

[@auspi2]

@San Francisco Opera PLEASE release a DVD! This production looks amazing, seriously just take my money

[@kailuagrrl]

Truth. Favorite cast ever!

[@JWP452]

Talented young singers, great conducting, production faithful to Mozart and DePonte... it was awesome.

[@ellavoslinsky_flute]

Please please pleaaaase release a DVD! I want it even more now that I've watched the stream!!! P.s. thank you very much for uploading the production

[@marichristian1072]

How did I miss this fabulous production? I would have run across the Golden Gate Bridge to the opera house had I known.

[@KASH10043]

Philippe Sly and Luca Pisaroni...what a great cast!!

[@hashatz]

As always, Lisette Oropesa is delightful and Magnificent.

[@franklesser5655]

What beautiful cast, voice and looks!

[@axelytreberg2364]

Philippe Sly might have the purest baritone voice i’ve ever heard. He’s my second favorite behind the late great Hvorostovsky!

[@johngiordano9552]

Axel Ytreberg

[@limhwasop]

This was a truly memorable run of the beloved masterpiece!

[@framari1]

Pure delight!

[@wbazano]

Looks terrific!! Too bad there's no DVD.

[@giovannibilardi8130]

Che cast straordinario!

[@DianaDistorted]

I second all requests for a DVD. ;)

[@vonditters856]

Diana Pinto Third’ed

[@rosy3385]

Bravo aux chanteurs !

[@user-bc5zh5ic6o]

Мне повезло год назад увидеть эту постановку оперы,правда,состав другой,кроме исполнительницы Сюзанны; я была в восторге!

[@Jasmine-iv1kc]

Ma'am paextend🛐🛐🛐

[@richardque4952]

What about entire opera?

[@eugenieharris6581]

Only just learned of this production today and I really really want to see the rest of it!! Does anyone know where I can find/purchase it?

[@ccblaise2209]

does anyone know if this production will be on dvd?

[@sfoperamedia]

Hello cc blaise, thank you for your interest. At this time, this production is not scheduled to be a DVD but I will forward your inquiry. Thanks.

[@richardque4952]

Is there a cd ?

[@mrshovelbottom7475]

Where is the full recording?

[@kennethwayne6857]

A little sad to see John Del Carlo again. This must have been very soon before he passed. Love all the cast, though.

[@Aramis7]

Nice but, have to wonder why the highlights dont include almost none of the well-known tunes? If you want to get more ppl to go to the Opera, perhaps a potpourri of those would have been better?

[@cstevenson0388]

These are all tunes I recognize as Le Nozze di Figaro 😳. Can't get more famous than that!

[@nathangraham1611]

What is even missing? The Letter Duet and Voi che sapete ... otherwise the most famous tunes are here.

[@clarehohn9407]

Heavens I know all of these tunes They pretty well known if one is familiar with this opera

[@robert111k]

@@cstevenson0388, except for the three generally better known: Voi che sapete, Canzonetta sull'aria (The Shawshank Redemption) and Porgi amor. And there are other popular tunes in Le Nozze, like the begining of Cinque, dieci... or Se vuol ballare signor contino, that I haven't heard either.

[@Hosenrolle1]

The Marriage of Figaro ist not a fun and playful comedy. Sure, most directors think it´s funny and bring them on stage as a slapstick-comedy, but that´s all. Figaro is in fact a satire AGAINST the noblemen, against the royals etc. (that´s why the emperor of Austria forbid it, it was seen as revolutionary). Please read the third part of Beaumarchais´ Figaro-trilogy! In it Figaro and Susanna have a boring life, most of the love is gone. The countess and the count don´t like each other, and both have children from affairs with other people. The countess has a child from cherubino, but she sends Cherubino into the war. There he is wounded on the battlefield, and while dying he writes a goodbye-letter to her with his own blood. The last words are not readable because they are blurred by his tears. But most directors don´t care for that - they say "Hey, let´s make a funny comedy out of it, who cares about the third part, who cares about the original intentions of the creator?".

[@Smallpotato1965]

But Mozart's opera is NOT Beaumarchais' play, it's based upon it, but he and da Ponte could only make and produce this opera by taking the revolutionary bits out of if. That's the genius of the opera; in it, da Ponte and Mozart show the humanity of ALL the characters, they don't just paint some as 'evil oppressors' and others as 'poor widdle victims'. That's tedious AND it would date the piece. By making the red thread through the piece that inappropriate love is, well, inappropriate, the piece has become a timeless classic. The reason why Beaumarchais is not read anymore is because he was a product of his time and place, while Mozart's opera of appropriate and inappropriate love, jealousy and human foibles is of all times and all places.

[@kennethwayne6857]

@@Smallpotato1965 Very well said.