Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro
by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Claus Gouh
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Actor: Anna Netrebko, Bo Skovhus, Christine Schafer, Dorothea Roschmann, Ildebrando d'ArcangeloDirector: Claus Gouh, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language); German (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); Mandarin Chinese (Original Language); German (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 202 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-06-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Movie Reviews of Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro
Movie Review: My First Figaro or Bergman and Schopenhauer meet Mozart
Summary: 5 Stars
Sometimes before writing a review, I take a few moments to read the criticism of others. By doing this I can often gain some insight into the greater perspective, whether the thoughts and ideas of other reviewers are objective or subjective I can in some way further understand the impact a particular work of art has had on others.
For me, I was immersed in this production of Figaro. But I understood why. If Ingmar Bergman had attempted to direct 'Figaro' late in his life, this is the opera I would have envisioned. Also, I am fairly new to opera and thus, so far, a novice in terms of appreciating the nuances which others more critically aware can pick up on. From my newbie eyes and ears, I enjoyed everything and I was entranced by the music, the story and the layering of moral questions which occur in this piece.
Forewarned is forearmed and I'm sure I would have seen this production despite the reviews. There is an element of 'dramedy' to this interpretation. I found the clothing to be particularly Franco-Fascist in design - Seville of the 1930's. And the director's take on relationships is equally dark (not to mention 'stark') but not without its depth and humanity. Infidelity is an eternal aspects of the human condition. The pursuit of sex outside marriage and relationships is a common theme in literature and I think to take this work as both an examination of these ideas with Mozart's music is not outlandish.
There is a tender sadness to this piece. The stage had a bourgeois-austerity to it, emphasizing the entrapment of these characters. The ending proved both thrilling and solemn, the lighting suggesting these characters are lost within themselves, not to mention their desires which further their weakness. Being a reader of Schopenhauer, I can appreciate these subtle touches. In the philosopher's take on life, human beings are essentially self-concerned by their will, totally immersed in pleasing themselves. In this 'Figaro' everyone is out for themselves and any form of kindness shown by these characters is tinged with self-gratification (as we witness in the scene with Cherubino being 'assisted' by Susanna).
If this all appeals to you, I highly recommend this production. It is perhaps the Pessimist-thinking man's take on Mozart.
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