Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro - Kinowelt

This acclaimed production by the former actor and theatre director Jean-Pierre Vincent is infused with a real knowledge and understanding of Beaumarchais and da Ponte and is entirely faithful to the spirit of Mozart's immensely popular, vivacious amorous intrigue. Set in the eighteenth century, the subtly stylised stage designs by artist and decorator Jean-Paul Chambas recreate the Age of Enlightenment with a distinctively Spanish flavour and are exquisitely lit by Alain Poisson and complimented by Patrice Cauchetier's charming, refined costumes.

The young Italian conductor Paolo Olmi leads an orchestra at the top of its form - the magnificent overture is rendered elegant, transparent and shimmering with desire and emotion. Giovanni Furlanetto's Figaro is beautifully musical and well-acted, capturing all the gaiety, grace, goodwill and optimism of the part. Elzbieta Szmytka is a lively, natural and commanding Susanna and Ludovic Tezier, with great sureness of acting and singing, is a Count Almaviva, part great nobleman, part great baby, incapable of controlling his desires. Francesca Provvisionato is a delicate and moving Cherubino and Janice Watson's Countess Almaviva a model of rectitude.

Vincent's exceptional production of Mozart's incomparable masterpiece is a theatrical and musical spectacle to ravish the eye, intellect and ear.