The Marriage of Figaro fact sheet
New production
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Lorenzo Da Ponte, after the play by Beaumarchais
World premiere: May 1, 1786, at the Burgtheater (Vienna, Austria)
LA Opera has previously produced The Marriage of Figaro in 1990, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2015. (This production had been originally scheduled for the spring of 2020.)
A new LA Opera co-production with Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris, France)
Cast:
Figaro: Craig Colclough
Susanna: Janai Brugger ‡
Count: Lucas Meachem
Countess: Ana María Martínez
Cherubino: Rihab Chaieb*
Doctor Bartolo: Kristinn Sigmundsson
Marcellina: Marie McLaughlin
Don Basilio: Rodell Aure Rosel
Antonio: Alan Williams †
Barbarina: Deepa Johnny †
Don Curzio: Anthony León †
Creative team:
Conductor: James Conlon
Production: James Gray*
Set Designer: Santo Loquasto
Costume Designer: Christian Lacroix*
Lighting Designer: York Kennedy
Chorus Director: Jeremy Frank
Choreographer: Kitty McNamee
Associate Director: Gilles Rico*
* LA Opera debut
† Member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program
‡ Former member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program
Performance dates and times:
February 4, 2023, at 7:30pm
February 11, 2023, at 7:30pm
February 16, 2023, at 7:30pm
February 19, 2023, at 2pm
February 23, 2023, at 7:30pm
February 26, 2023, at 2pm
Performed in Italian with English supertitles
Estimated running time: three hours, 15 minutes, including one intermission
Venue: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, 90012)
All programs, artists and dates are subject to change.
Last updated: January 24, 2023
