AT THE OPERA
Favourites, Part 13
Prepared by Elaine Siversen
With Jules Laurent
Mozart, W. The marriage of Figaro, K492. Opera in four acts. Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, after Beaumarchais. First performed Vienna, 1786.
Mozart, W. The marriage of Figaro, Act I
[45:20]
Mozart, W. The marriage of Figaro, Act II
[47:54]
Mozart, W. The marriage of Figaro, Act III
[41:36]
Mozart, W. The marriage of Figaro, Act IV
[42:55]
FIGARO: Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bass-bar
SUSANNA: Taryn Feibig, sop
COUNT ALMAVIVA: Peter Coleman-Wright, bar
CHERUBINO: Sian Pendry, mezz
COUNTESS ALMAVIVA: Rachelle Durkin, sop
BARBARINA: Claire Lyon, singer/actress
MARCELLINA: Jacqueline Dark, mezz
Opera Australia Ch; Australian Opera and Ballet O/Patrick Summers.Total Time: 2:57:46
Opera Australia OPOZ56003CD
Figaro and Susanna, servants of Count Almaviva, are to be married but Susanna suspects the Count wants to seduce her. Cherubino, a page, tells Susanna he loves women, especially the Countess. When the Count arrives to proposition Susanna, Cherubino hides, but is found by the Count. The Count punishes Cherubino by sending him to his regiment, but the Countess and Susanna disguise him as a girl so he can stay with his girlfriend Barbarina. When they hear the Count arrive, Cherubino hides in a closet. The Count, suspicious of his wife, determines to open the door, but Susanna manages to change places with Cherubino. Marcellina, a housekeeper, alleges that Figaro borrowed money from her on a promise of marriage but is found to be to be Figaro's mother. Eventually, the Count sees the problems of his flirtations and Figaro and Susanna are married at last.
Mozart, W. Madamina, il catalogo è questo; Deh, vieni alla finestra, from Don Giovanni, K527 (1787). Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bass-bar; Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner.
ABC 472 826-2 [08:19]
Massenet, J. Thaïs, c’est toi, from Thaïs (1894). Cheryl Barker, sop; Peter Coleman-Wright, bar; Tasmanian SO/Martin André.
ABC 465 699-2 [05:11]
23:30 MUSIC OF THE NIGHT
Prepared and presented by James Nightingale
Pelēcis, G. Concertino bianco (1990). Tamara-Anna Cislowska, pf; Tasmanian SO/Johannes Fritzsch.
ABC 481 6295 [15:27]
Yoshimatsu, T. White landscapes, op 47a (1991/97). Manchester Camerata/Sachio Fujioka.
Chandos CHAN 9652 [09:33]