Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Le Nozze di Figaro
[The Marriage of Figaro]

Opera in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Text by Lorenzo da Ponte
After the comedy by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

January 13, 15, 17, 19, 1994

Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Ferrara, Italy

Cast:
Conte d'Almaviva- Ruggero Raimondi
Contessa- Cecilia Gasdia
Susanna- Sylvia McNair
Figaro- Lucio Gallo
Cherubino- Gabriele Sima (13-15-17)
Monica Minarelli (19)
Marcellina- Anja Kampe
Basilio- Carlo Allemano
Bartolo- Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
Barbarina- Valentina Valente
Antonio- Lorenzo Regazzo
Don Curzio- Carlo Allemano

The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, concertmaster and conductor
Coro Ferrara Musica
Giordano Tunioli, chorus master
Ronald Schneider, harpsichord master
Jonathan Miller, director
Gianfranco Ventura, collaborating director
Peter J. Davison, scenic design
James Acheson, costume design
Paul Pyant, lighting design
Susanna Quaranta, choreographer

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