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GREAT PERFORMANCES: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO {IN ITALIAN WITHOUT ENGLISH SUBTITLES} (TV)
Summary
This 1977 film version of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" is sung in Italian without English subtitles. The overture begins. Highlights of Act I include Figaro and Susanna's duet, Bartolo's "La Vendetta" and Figaro's "Non Piu Andrai." Highlights of Act II include Countess Almaviva's "Porgi Amor" and Cherubino "Voi Che Sapete." Highlights of Act III include the Count & Susanna's "Too Long You Have Deceived Me" and the Countess's "Dove Sono." Highlights of Act IV include Figaro's "Ye Men, Will Nothing School You?" and Susanna's "Oh Come, My Heart's Delight."
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: October 5, 1977 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 3:26:03
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T83:0471
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Exxon Collection; Music; Opera
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV, 1977
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Jac Venza … Executive Producer
- Fritz Buttenstedt … Executive Producer
- David Griffiths … Producer
- Horant H. Hohlfeld … Producer, For "Figaro"
- Jean-Pierre Ponnelle … Director
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart … Composer
- Lorenzo Da Ponte … Librettist
- Karl Bohm … Conductor
- Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra … Symphony Orchestra
- Vienna State Opera Chorus … Choir/Chorus
- Hermann Prey … Cast, Figaro
- Mirella Freni … Cast, Susanna
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau … Cast, Count Almaviva
- Kiri te Kanawa … Cast, Countess Almaviva
- Maria Ewing … Cast, Cherubino
- Paolo Montarsolo … Cast, Doctor Bartolo
- Heather Begg … Cast, Marcellina
- John van Kesteren … Cast, Basilio
- Hans Kraemmer … Cast, Antonio
- Janet Perry … Cast, Barberina
- Willy Caron … Cast, Don Curzio