Le Nozze di Figaro
Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
2025
Washington National Opera
Creative Team:
Conductor: Robert Spano
Choreographer: Karma Camp
Set Designer: Benoit Dugardyn
Costume Designer: Myung Hee Cho
Lighting Designer: A.J. Guban
Cast:
Countess Almaviva: Rosa Feola / Anneliese Klenetsky
Susanna: Joélle Harvey / Viviana Goodwin
Cherubino: John Holiday / Veronica Siebert
Count Almaviva: Will Liverman / Thandolwethu Mamba
Figaro: Le Bu | Robert Frazier
Barbarina: Lauren Carroll
Marcellina: Elizabeth Bishop / Michelle Mariposa
Don Basilio: Rodell Rosel / Nicholas Huff
Don Curzio: Hakeem Henderson
Dr. Bartolo: Sir Willard White / Atticus Rego
Antonio: Kevin Thompson / Chandler Benn
“Peter Kazaras’s production last seen in 2016 still packs a punch. Kazaras deployed physical comedy and gags, such as moving topiaries and a threatening moment with a chamber pot, to score laughs from across the house. Effective blocking kept the production moving fluidly and an entertaining segment of dancing and squabbling during the opera’s exquisite Act II finale sent viewers to intermission on a high note.”
Photo Credit: Scott Suchman
2022
Seattle Opera
Creative Team:
Conductor: Alevtina Ioffe
Choreographer: Wade Madsen
Set Designer: Benoît Dugardyn
Costume Designer: Myung Hee Cho
Lighting Designer: Connie Yun
Cast:
Figaro: Ryan McKinney / Michael Sumuel
Susanna: Soraya Mafi / Anya Matanovic
Count: Normann Garrett / Joshua Hopkins
Countess: Marjukka Tepponen / Helena Dix
Marcellina: Margaret Gawrysiak
Dr. Bartolo: Kevin Burdette
Cherubino: Olga Syniakova / Emily Fons
Don Basilio: Martin Bakari
Don Curzio: Anthony Webb
Countess: Marjukka Tepponen / Helena Dix
Antonio: Barry Johnson
Barbarina: Ashley Fabian
“Kazaras made the most of the ingenious opera’s comedic opportunities throughout the evening and captured the Rossini-like chaos and confusion of the act-ending ensembles with aplomb. As always, Kazaras excelled in the small touches that came off as waggish and witty yet subtle...”
Photo Credit: Sunny Martini
2016
Washington National Opera
Creative Team:
Conductor: James Gaffigan
Choreographer: Kevin Williamson
Set Designer: Benoit Dugardyn
Costume Designer: Myung Hee Cho
Lighting Designer: Mark McCullough
Cast:
Susanna: Lisette Oropesa
Figaro: Ryan McKinny
Count Almaviva: Joshua Hopkins.
Countess Almaviva: Amanda Majeski.
Cherubino: Aleks Romano.
Marcellina: Elizabeth Bishop.
Dr. Bartolo: Valeriano Lanchas
Don Basilio: Keith Jameson
Barbarina: Ariana Wehr
Antonio: Timothy J. Bruno
Don Curzio: Rexford Tester
“Director Peter Kazaras’s staging is playful.”
“He injects refreshing goofiness into centuries old stage antics.”
“Nothing about this staging… feels stale”
Photo Credit: Scott Suchman
2009
Seattle Opera
Creative Team:
Conductor: Dean Williamson
Choreographer: Wade Madsen
Set Design: Susan Benson
Costume Design: Deborah Trout
Lighting Design: Connie Yun
Cast:
Figaro: Oren Gradus / Nicolas Cavallier
Susanna: Christine Brandes / Elizabeth Caballero
Marcellina: Joyce Castle
Dr. Bartolo: Arthur Woodley
Cherubino: Daniela Sindram / Sarah Castle
Count: Mariusz Kwiecien / Johannes Mannov
Don Basilio & Don Curzio: Ted Schmitz
Countess: Twyla Robinson / Jessica Jones
Antonio: Barry Johnson
Barbarina: Leena Chopra
“A brilliance of wit, and a depth of directorial understanding....
Inventiveness, charm, warmth, and sheer nobility...
Happily rises to the challenge… matches the genius.”
Photo Credit: Rozarii Lynch
2005
Seattle Opera
Creative Team:
Conductor: Dean Williamson
Set Designer: Curtis Wallin
Lighting Designer: Connie Yun
Hair and Makeup Designer: Danyale Cook
Costume Design Coordinator: Cynthia Savage
Cast:
Figaro: Joseph Rawley / Jeremy Alan Kelly
Susanna: Maria D'Amato / Maureen McKay
Dr. Bartolo: David Crawford
Marcellina: Ellen McLain
Cherubino: Sarah Heltzel / Carolyn Kahl
Count Almaviva: Michael Todd Simpson / Andrew Garland
Don Basilio: Ted Schmitz
Countess Almaviva: Edlyn de Oliveira / Robyn Driedger-Klassen
Antonio: Archie Drake
Don Curzio: Ted Schmitz
Barbarina: Jessica Robins Milanese
“Director Peter Kazaras gives us a robust and lively version.”
Photo Credit: Rozarii Lynch
