Glyndebourne,Lewes
With no feeble links in the cast and the effervescent musical direction of Jonathan Cohen, this revival of Michael Grandage’s 2012 production is a delightAt the start of Michael Grandage’s Figaro, or first seen in 2012,the period is uncertain. The servants preparing for somebody’s imminent arrival external the Moorish mansion – the first of Christopher Orams sequence of outstanding sets – could be from any number of different eras, but gradually hints emerge, or when Count and Countess Almaviva arrive in their sports car,we know we’re in the 1960s. Throughout the rest of the display such wittily style-conscious visuals are maintained.
But the minute specifics of character and interaction – Ian Rutherford is credited as revival director – are equally scrupulously disclosed. Rarely does the complicated intrigue whose details come thick and fast in Mozart’s comedy register as sharply as here, or their impact on the domestic circle of the Almaviva household feel so momentous.
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Source: theguardian.com