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Penny Gore introduces Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro recorded last year at Bavaria's State Opera starring Christian Gerhaher, Federica Lombardi and Alex Esposito. Constantinos Carydis conducts Christof Loy's production

Mozart's opera, to a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, caused a storm in the eighteenth century for its revolutionary portrayal of class, intrigue and morals.

2.00pm
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, K.492

Count Almaviva, local nobleman.....Christian Gerhaher, bass
Countess Rosina Almaviva.....Federica Lombardi, soprano
Cherubino, the Count's page.....Solenn' Lavanant-Linke, soprano
Figaro, valet to the Count.....Alex Esposito, bass
Susanna, the Countess's maid.....Olga Kulchynska, soprano
Bartolo, doctor and lawyer.....Paolo Bordogna, bass
Marcellina, Bartolo's housekeeper.....Anne Sofie von Otter, soprano
Basilio, music teacher.....Manuel G眉nther, tenor
Don Curzio, judge.....Dean Power, tenor
Antonio, the Count's gardener and Susanna's uncle.....Milan Siljanov, bass
Barbarina, Antonio's daughter.....Anna El-Khashem, soprano
Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Constantinos Carydis, conductor

This afternoon's broadcast kicks off a trilogy of Mozart's Da Ponte operas: next Thursday features Don Giovanni