David Stern
David Stern

Mozart Nozze di Figaro – Levallois/Châtellerault

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Levallois – Salle Ravel – March 26th – 8:30 PM

Châtellerault – Théâtre Blossac – April 8th – 8 PM and April 10th – 3 PM

Opera Fuoco’s production of the Marriage of Figaro was conceived and imagined within the context of the pandemic. Between the first two lockdowns, the singers of the young artist program recorded the audio accompanied by only a piano and a guitar, and then performed for the camera as the production was filmed by videographer Alexandre Camerlo. The result, “Figaro in the City” became a tele-series in two seasons and fourteen episodes, which can be viewed on the website Marquee.TV. Today, as we envisagea period of reopening, we celebrate our chance to perform live, but we retain the intimacy of the model we had created. This performance is stage directed by Alexandre Camerlo, and the chamber-music nature of the score will be reflected by the reduced orchestra. This approach allows the young singers to explore deeper their roles, while the instrumentalists react and complement the musical dialogue. Mozart and Da Ponte’s masterpiece is presented here in a unique form, but one that allows the brilliance of the work to inspire

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Figaro in the City on MarqueeTV

Figaro in the City is a modern-day retelling of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro: “la folle journée” is full of playful and hurtful intrigues that lead up to one of the most moving final scenes in opera history. Opera Fuoco’s young singers step into a staging that takes them away from the confines of a stage and into the city of Paris’ quirky ateliers, streets and gardens. Filmed in playback to allow for theatrical intimacy and the safety of the cast during the Covid-19 pandemic, the camera itself becomes a character, reacting to each turn of the plot. As the instrumentalists and conductor disappear, the characters move fluidly from the opening opera rehearsal atmosphere to a real-life scenario.
Like with any television series, each episode of Figaro in the City was created to heighten the dramatic tension of the plot and to leave the audience waiting to see what happens next, all the while remaining faithful to Mozart’s original score. Conductor David Stern collaborated with videographer and stage-director Alexandre Camerlo to forge the artistic direction of this contemporary adaptation of an 18th-century classic. Special thanks to Laurent Naouri for joining the Opera Fuoco Young Artists in his debut performance as Bartolo.