Opera In English - Mozart: The Marriage Of Figaro

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Chandos
Release Date
August 1, 2004
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Rebecca, Graham-Hal, William, Evans, Graeme, Dazeley, Yvette, Danby, Bonner
    Product Details
    Works
    1. Overture

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: David Parry

    2. Act I: 15, 16, 20, 30 (Figaro, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    3. Act I: What on earth are you measuring (Susanna, Figaro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    4. Act I: Supposing one evening the Countess (Susanna, Figaro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    5. Act I: All right. Shut up and listen (Susanna, Figaro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    6. Act I: Bravo, my lord and master! (Figaro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    7. Act I: So, little master, you're dressed to go dancing (Figaro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    8. Act I: But why did you wait till the day of the wedding (Bartolo, Marcellina)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Frances McCafferty, Jonathan Veira

      Conductor: David Parry

    9. Act I: Now for vengeance, glorious vengeance! (Bartolo)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Jonathan Veira

      Conductor: David Parry

    10. Act I: So all is not lost (Marcellina, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Frances McCafferty

      Conductor: David Parry

    11. Act I: I bow to your grace (Marcellina, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Frances McCafferty

      Conductor: David Parry

    12. Act I: Good riddance, you old spinster (Susanna, Cherubino)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Diana Montague

      Conductor: David Parry

    13. Act I: I don't know what it is that I'm feeling (Cherubino)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Diana Montague

      Conductor: David Parry

    14. Act I: Now I'm done for! (Cherubino, Susanna, Count, Basilio)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, John Graham-Hall, Diana Montague

      Conductor: David Parry

    15. Act I: Susanna, heaven bless you! (Basilio, Susanna, Count)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, John Graham-Hall

      Conductor: David Parry

    16. Act I: It's outrageous! Search the castle (Count, Basilio, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, John Graham-Hall

      Conductor: David Parry

    17. Act I: Basilio, run and tell Figaro to come here (Count, Susanna, Cherubino, Basilio)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, John Graham-Hall, Diana Montague

      Conductor: David Parry

    18. Act I: Praise and adore him (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: David Parry

    19. Act I: So what is all this nonsense? (Count, Figaro, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    20. Act I: Praise and adore him (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: David Parry

    21. Act I: God bless you! (Figaro, Susanna, Basilio, Cherubino)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, John Graham-Hall, Diana Montague, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    22. Act I: Here's an end to your life as a rover (Figaro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    23. Act II: Hear my prayer, humbly I beg you (Countess)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    24. Act II: Come here, dear Susanna, and finish your story (Countess, Susanna, Figaro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    25. Act II: How it grieves me, Susanna (Countess, Susanna, Cherubino)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny, Diana Montague

      Conductor: David Parry

    26. Act II: Tell me what love is (Cherubino)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Diana Montague

      Conductor: David Parry

    27. Act II: Bravo, your voice is lovely (Countess, Susanna, Cherubino)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny, Diana Montague

      Conductor: David Parry

    28. Act II: Kneel down and let me look at you (Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans

      Conductor: David Parry

    29. Act II: Enough of this nonsense! (Countess, Susanna, Cherubino, Count)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny, Diana Montague

      Conductor: David Parry

    30. Act II: What does this mean? (Count, Countess)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    31. Act II: Come out of there, Susanna! (Count, Countess, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    32. Act II: So you're proposing not to open it? (Count, Countess)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    33. Act II: Don't worry, Cherubino (Susanna, Cherubino)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Diana Montague

      Conductor: David Parry

    34. Act II: Look at the little devil! (Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans

      Conductor: David Parry

    35. Act II: Everything as I left it (Count, Countess)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    36. Act II: Out you come, you vile seducer (Count, Countess)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    37. Act II: You called, sir? (Susanna, Count, Countess)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    38. Act II: I cannot believe it (Countess, Susanna, Count)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    39. Act II: The wedding procession is ready and waiting (Figaro, Count, Susanna, Countess)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    40. Act II: Oh, my lord!, My lord! (Antonio, Count, Countess, Susanna, Figaro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Graeme Danby, William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny, Gloria Montanari

      Conductor: David Parry

    41. Act II: Noble lord, we come for justice (Marcellina, Basilio, Bartolo, Count, Countess, Figaro, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, John Graham-Hall, Frances McCafferty, Jonathan Veira

      Conductor: David Parry

    42. Act III: This is very perplexing! (Count)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley

      Conductor: David Parry

    43. Act III: Don't be afraid! (Countess, Count, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    44. Act III: How could you be so cruel (Count, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans

      Conductor: David Parry

    45. Act III: But I don't understand (Count, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans

      Conductor: David Parry

    46. Act III: Hey, Susanna, how's it going? (Figaro, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    47. Act III: 'You've won the case already' (Count)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley

      Conductor: David Parry

    48. Act III: Must I be made to suffer (Count)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley

      Conductor: David Parry

    49. Act III: Come on, come on, Cherubino (Barbarina, Cherubino)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Diana Montague, Sarah Tynan

      Conductor: David Parry

    50. Act III: And Susanna's not here (Countess)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    51. Act III: I remember his love so tender (Countess)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    52. Act III: The case is decided (Curzio, Marcellina, Figaro, Count, Basilio)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, John Graham-Hall, Stuart Kale, Frances McCafferty, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    53. Act III: Darling boy, let me embrace you (Marcellina, Figaro, Bartolo, Curzio, Count, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Stuart Kale, Frances McCafferty, Christopher Purves, Jonathan Veira

      Conductor: David Parry

    54. Act III: This is our little baby (Marcellina, Bartolo, Susanna, Figaro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Frances McCafferty, Christopher Purves, Jonathan Veira

      Conductor: David Parry

    55. Act III: I must warn you, my lord (Antonio, Count)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Graeme Danby, William Dazeley

      Conductor: David Parry

    56. Act III: That's amazing! (Countess, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    57. Act III: … the breezes … (Susanna, Countess)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    58. Act III: That should do the trick! (Susanna, Countess)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    59. Act III: Gentle lady, may these presents (Girls)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Yvette Bonner, Victoria Joyce

      Conductor: David Parry

    60. Act III: Madam, with your permission (Barbarina, Countess, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny, Sarah Tynan

      Conductor: David Parry

    61. Act III: Hey, what did I tell you! (Antonio, Countess, Susanna, Count, Cherubino)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Graeme Danby, William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny

      Conductor: David Parry

    62. Act III: My lord, if you detain these lovely girls (Figaro, Count, Countess, Susanna, Antonio)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Graeme Danby, William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    63. Act III: Now I can hear them (Figaro, Susanna, Count, Countess, Serving girls, Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    64. Act III: As true-hearted lovers (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: David Parry

    65. Act IV: I have lost it, I'm so stupid (Barbarina)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Sarah Tynan

      Conductor: David Parry

    66. Act IV: Barbarina, what's happened? (Figaro, Barbarino, Marcellina)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Frances McCafferty, Christopher Purves, Sarah Tynan

      Conductor: David Parry

    67. Act IV: Mother! (Figaro, Marcellina)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Frances McCafferty, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    68. Act IV: The pavilion on the right (Barbarina)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Sarah Tynan

      Conductor: David Parry

    69. Act IV: That's Barbarina! Who goes there? (Figaro, Basilio, Bartolo)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: John Graham-Hall, Christopher Purves, Jonathan Veira

      Conductor: David Parry

    70. Act IV: Everything's ready; the hour of reckoning is at hand (Figaro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    71. Act IV: You foolish slaves of Cupid (Figaro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    72. Act IV: My lady, Marcellina says Figaro will be here (Susanna, Marcellina)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Frances McCafferty

      Conductor: David Parry

    73. Act IV: My lady, you are trembling (Susanna, Countess, Figaro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    74. Act IV: At last, the moment I've longed for (Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans

      Conductor: David Parry

    75. Act IV: Come quickly my beloved, I implore you (Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans

      Conductor: David Parry

    76. Act IV: Treachery! Now I see how she has deceived me! (Figaro, Countess, Cherubino)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Yvonne Kenny, Diana Montague, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    77. Act IV: I'll approach her, oh so softly (Cherubino, Countess)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Yvonne Kenny, Diana Montague

      Conductor: David Parry

    78. Act IV: Here she is, my dear Susanna (Count, Susanna, Figaro, Cherubino, Countess)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Diana Montague, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    79. Act IV: Now we're alone together (Count, Countess, Figaro, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Yvonne Kenny, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    80. Act IV: Night shrouds the world in mystery (Figaro, Susanna)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Rebecca Evans, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    81. Act IV: I surrender, my love (Figaro, Susanna, Count)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, Rebecca Evans, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry

    82. Act IV: Quickly, bring your weapons! (Count, Figaro, Basilio, Curzio, Antonio, Bartolo, Susanna, Cherubino, Barbarina, Marcellina)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: William Dazeley, John Graham-Hall, Stuart Kale, Christopher Purves

      Conductor: David Parry


Few operas benefit as much as does Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro from being sung in the language of the audience. Even in this age of super-titles, there is no substitute for the direct communication from singers to audience in this brilliantly conceived social comedy. Thus, this new recording may well be one of the most important releases in Chandos’s admirable “Opera in English” project...this is a very well paced, lovingly shaped performance that binds into a persuasive whole. Chandos’s recording is, as is usually the case, on the reverberant side, but not unpleasantly so. An excellent essay accompanies the set, along with a complete English printed text. Henry Fogel, FANFARE