Cast announced for a Mozart operatic masterpiece – coming to Tobacco Factory

Cast announced for a Mozart operatic masterpiece – coming to Tobacco Factory

Posted on: 24 Jul 2024

The South Bristol theatre have this week revealed details of their in-house opera co-production with Opera Project, The Marriage of Figaro.

 

The Marriage of Figaro runs at Tobacco Factory Theatres from Wednesday 2 to Saturday 12 October 2024.

 

“Come, my love, for I will crown your head with roses” – Susanna, Act IV. Opera Project is making its long-awaited return to the theatre with Mozart’s comic classic. This sublime classical work wonderfully captures Mozart’s genius, sung in this production in English by a stellar cast accompanied by the Opera Project Orchestra.

 

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The Marriage of Figaro sees Figaro attempt to outwit his witless employer, the Count Almaviva, to secure a hitch-free wedding night for his bride Susanna. What should be a simple day’s work for the roguish hero is thwarted by the unexpected intentions of Marcellina who wishes to marry him herself.

 

Assisted in his difficult task by the selfless sacrifices of the neglected Countess, who wishes for retribution and a reunion with the wayward Count and compromised by the over-exuberant adolescent Cherubino, Figaro strives and struggles to achieve his goal.

 

Opera Project’s cast features Philip Smith as Count Almaviva, Galina Averina as Countess Almaviva, Siân Roberts as Barbarina, Jonathan Cooke as Don Basilio/Don Curzio, Anna-Luise Wagner as Cherubino, Felicity Buckland as Marcellina, Ian Beadle as Doctor Bartolo/Antonio, Lorena Paz Nieto as Susanna and Malachy Frame as Figaro.

 

Founded in 1993, Opera Project is one of the UK’s leading opera production companies, whose work includes performances and residencies across a range of theatres and at various major opera and music festivals, including contributing to the establishment of If Opera and West Green House Opera.

 

 

The Marriage of Figaro runs at Tobacco Factory Theatres from Wednesday 2 to Saturday 12 October 2024 – secure your tickets HERE.

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.