"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.

Contact the host of Le Nozze di Figaro