Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Marriage of Figaro

Opera buffa in four acts
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
German text version by Bettina Bartz and Werner Hintze
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Friday, 24. May 2013
19:30 - 23:00
Playful Mozart. Barrie Kosky uses a light touch in his production to follow the all-too human meanderings and confusions of Mozart’s characters. He squeezes Susanna and Figaro into a tiny chamber, shoulder to shoulder with the Count and the whole choir to boot, or lets them wander past each other, lost in their own confused feelings, in the dark of night on a virtually empty stage. »Mozart’s thoroughly erotic music finds its merry continuation upon stage. Here, true life romps along.« [Süddeutsche Zeitung]
3 hours 35 minutes
Introduction 30 minutes before the beginning of the performance, Foyer

Crew

Musical direction
Staging
Stage designer
Costumes
Marianne Häntzsche, Birgit Wünschmann
Dramaturgy
Werner Hintze
Light
Franck Evin

Cast

Graf Almaviva
Gräfin Almaviva
Susanna
Cherubino
Marcellina
Basilio
Don Curzio
Bartolo
Antonio
Barbarina
Erste Brautjungfer
Judith Weinreich
Zweite Brautjungfer
Judith Utke

»I wanted to make sure that everyone looks at the coming season and asks, how the hell are they going to do that.«
Barrie Kosky
Enjoy an expert guided tour behind the scenes before the performance, followed by a sophisticated three-course meal in the special atmosphere of the opera canteen before the curtain goes up! 
Once again this season at the Komische Oper Berlin concludes with a week-long festival. Review the new productions of the season once again on seven consecutive days. 
Barrie Kosky uses a light touch in his production to follow the all-too human meanderings and confusions of Mozart’s characters.
Wehope our programme will arouse considerable interest, and as always we extend ahearty welcome to all visitors at the Komische Oper Berlin.