Le Nozze di Figaro
Event description
"If you want to dance, my Count, I'll play the tune. With the art of hiding, the art of employing, over here fighting, over there joking, I will overturn every one of your plans."
It’s the morning of their wedding, and Susanna and Figaro are still at work.
Even better: their boss Count Almaviva is trying every means in his considerable power to prevent the wedding altogether - unless Susanna agrees to sleep with him.
The Count’s sidelined wife Rosina is at a loss for how to get her husband to respect her and their employees. But Figaro has a few ideas up his sleeve – and Susanna can beat him to the punch, backwards and in high-heels!
In a new staging by The Cooperative, Mozart, Da Ponte and Beaumarchais’ irrepressible comedy about love, politics, and gendered double-standards hasn’t been this relevant since it was written in 1786 - on the cusp of the French Revolution.
What?
Le Nozze di Figaro
An opera buffa in four acts by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Lorenzo da Ponte
Based on the play La folle journée, ou, le mariage du Figaro by Pierre Beaumarchais.
When?
28,29,30 April, 7:00pm I 1 May, 3:00pm
Where?
Pitt Street Uniting Church, 264 Pitt Street, Sydney
Pitt Street Uniting Church is accessible by public transport - the closest train and light rail station is Town Hall (2-3 minutes' walk), and buses run from the QVB, Town Hall, Castlereagh St, and Elizabeth St (all within 3 minutes' walk).
There is very limited paid parking nearby (closest parking station is the QVB).
Who?
Conductor – Joanna Drimatis
Director – Rebecca Moret
Cast
* SUSANNA
Mikayla Tate (28, 30 April), Elizabeth Cooper (29 April, 1 May)
* FIGARO
Tristan Entwistle (28, 30 April), Timothy Nunn (29 April, 1 May)
* COUNTESS ALMAVIVA
Samanta Lestavel (28, 30 April), Esther Counsel (29 April, 1 May)
* COUNT ALMAVIVA
Jeremy Boulton (28, 30 April), Matthew Gaskin (29 April, 1 May)
* CHERUBINO
Cassandra Doyle (28, 30 April), Georgia Cooper (29 April, 1 May)
* MARCELLINA
Janine Harris (28, 30 April), Laura Scandizzo (29 April, 1 May)
* BARTOLO
Andrew Pennycuick (28, 30 April), Lucas Tamayo Blandon (29 April, 1 May)
* BASILIO
Daniel Verschuer (28, 30 April), Alexander Young (29 April, 1 May)
* BARBARINA
Sarah Cherlin (28, 30 April), Tharushi Mitiyamulle (29 April, 1 May)
* ANTONIO
Lucas Tamayo Blandon (28, 30 April), Andrew Pennycuick (29 April, 1 May)
* CURZIO
Martin Everett
* BRIDESMAID
Kate Wilmot
* BRIDESMAID
Ella Orehek-Coddington
Chorus:
Hannah Burton
Tarryn Frappell
Tony Guyot
Elizabeth Hylton
Melanie Jha
Abner Masson-Cox
Amelia Myers
Tobias Page
Noriko Yamanaka
Information to note
Pay-as-you-feel admission, online or at the door. We will have cash and card donation options at the door.
We strongly encourage you to book in advance. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to the performance, and seating is unreserved.
You can pre-book a delicious interval snack, created by Happy Campa Catering, and water and soft drinks will be available for purchase at interval. Please contact us if you have any dietary requirements.
In line with current NSW government guidelines, we ask that you do not attend performances if unwell or displaying symptoms of Covid-19, which can be found here. We ask you to please sanitise hands upon entry to the venue (sanitiser will be provided), and strongly encourage you to wear a face mask throughout the performance.
All profits from this production will go to organisations working for empowerment and social reform.
This production is generously supported by the City of Sydney.