Opera on 3

Andrew McGregor is joined by Catriona Seth for a performance of David McVicar's classic staging of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, starring Alex Esposito and Louise Alder. From the bustling overture to its poignant conclusion, the opera is brimful of wonderful music, including the bouncing tune of Figaro's ironic farewell to Cherubino in Non più andrai, Cherubino's lovestruck aria Voi che sapete and the countess's aria Dove sono. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro - Le nozze di Figaro (Opera in Four Acts). Alex Esposito (bass-baritone: Figaro), Louise Alder (soprano: Susanna), Andrey Zhilikhovsky (baritone: Count Almaviva), Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano: Countess Almaviva), Svetlina Stoyanova (soprano: Cherubino), Carlo Lepore (bass: Bartolo), Rosie Aldridge (mezzo: Marcellina), Gregory Bonfatti (tenor: Don Basilio), Mark Saberton (baritone: Antonio), Colin Judson (tenor: Don Curzio), Marianna Hovanisyan (soprano: Barbarina), Caroline Modiba (soprano: First bridesmaid), Miranda Westcott (mezzo: Second bridesmaid), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Bertrand de Billy (conductor).