Where to Watch The Marriage of Figaro (1976) in the UK

What it's about

Despite the rather old-fashioned German romantic approach that Böhm takes to the music, this is certainly the most satisfactory recording, with a stellar cast, of the opera. I thought that Maria Ewing was especially convincing as the boy Cherubino and Fischer-Dieskau, Prey, Freni and Te Kanawa both sang and acted beautifully. If you prefer a modern musicological approach, then try elsewhere but for a cast of stars near their peak, this is the one.But I am reminded by another review, that there is one annoying feature of this film: this is the tendency to make everything more "realistic" by having the characters keep their mouths closed while their pre-recorded voices continue to sing. I find this unconvincing and I think the director should have accepted the fact that singing in real situations is not realistic. Forget realism; this is opera!8-10

Cast and crew

Director

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Writer

Lorenzo da Ponte, Beaumarchais, Jean-Louis Martinoty

Starring

Hermann Prey, Mirella Freni, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Details

Release date

Aug 21, 1987

Language

Italian

Country

West Germany

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