Michael
2026 · Music · Drama
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Film / 1990
The Marriage of Figaro
Directed by
Peter Sellars
In this modern-day presentation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's beloved opera "Le Nozze di Figaro," acclaimed American director Peter Sellars moves the action from a castle in Seville to a Trump Tower penthouse on New York City's Fifth Avenue. Sellars's contemporary retelling of a classic musical tale is one of three performances in a Mozart series the others are "Don Giovanni" and "'Così Fan Tutte."
The story
In this modern-day presentation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's beloved opera "Le Nozze di Figaro," acclaimed American director Peter Sellars moves the action from a castle in Seville to a Trump Tower penthouse on New York City's Fifth Avenue. Sellars's contemporary retelling of a classic musical tale is one of three performances in a Mozart series the others are "Don Giovanni" and "'Così Fan Tutte."
Cast
Sanford SylvanFigaro
Jeanne OmmerléSusanna
James MaddalenaIl conte d'Almaviva
Jayne WestLa contessa d'Almaviva
Susan LarsonCherubino
Lynn TorgoveBarbarina
Frank KelleyDon Basilio
David EvittsDottore Bartolo
Sue Ellen KuzmaMarcellina
Herman HildebrandAntonio
William CottonDon Curzio
Vienna SymphonySelf - Orchestra
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