Opera in Cinema presents: The Marriage of Figaro at Wilmette Theatre

OPERA IN CINEMA PRESENTSLE NOZZE DI FIGARO (THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO)Opera from the Royal Opera House, London “Handsome of presence and gorgeous of tone” –The Guardian 

Revolution is in the air in David McVicar’s wonderfully illuminating production of Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), new to The Royal Opera in 2006 to mark the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth. Life on an estate in the late 1820s reveals with truth and no little wit all the tensions between master and servants, with the symptoms of Europe’s social upheaval never far away. Count Almaviva’s attempts to bed his manservant Figaro’s fiancé Susanna are repeatedly thwarted by those around him, including this own wife, the Countess. In such enlightened times if the Count wishes to dance, then Figaro will make sure it is to his tune and not the other way around. Mozart’s music makes this one of the finest jewels in the opera repertory, with a wealth of famous melodies that start from the familiar first notes of the energetic Overture. Conducted by Antonio Pappano

Directed by David McVicar

Choreographed by Leah Hausman

Starring Erwin Schrott, Miah Persson, Jonathan Veria, Gerald Finley 

Tickets $20 

Sunday, November 18 @ 2:30pm 

Tuesday, November 20 @ 7:00pm

Tickets available online at www.wilmettetheatre.com or call Box Office at 847-251-7424