Director David McVicar brings out the revolutionary elements in Mozart’s great comic opera of intrigue, misunderstanding and forgiveness.

Servants Figaro and Susanna are filled with excitement on their wedding day, but there’s a hitch: their employer, the Count Almaviva, has dishonourable intentions of his own towards the bride-to-be.

With more twists than a page boy’s stockings, the story of Mozart’s comic opera will surprise and delight you at every turn. Come for the music and stay for the cross-dressing hilarity, all unfolding over the course of one crazy, topsy-turvy day in the Almaviva household. Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts a truly international cast in David McVicar’s timeless production.

Broadcast: Thursday 27 April 2023, 6:45pm (recorded on 11 and 22 January 2022)

Language:  Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Running time: 4 hours (including one interval)

Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte

Director: David McVicar

Designer: Tanya McCallin

Lighting designer: Paule Constable

Movement director: Leah Hausman

Conducted by: Antonio Pappano

Figaro: Riccardo Fassi

Susanna: Giulia Semenzato

Count Almaviva: Germán E. Alcántara

Countess Almaviva: Federica Lombardi

Cherubino: Hanna Hipp

Don Basilio: Gregory Bonfatti

Marcellina: Monica Bacelli

Bartolo: Gianluca Buratto

Antonio: Jeremy White

Barbarina: Alexandra Lowe

Don Curzio: Alasdair Elliott

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House