Opera lovers will experience a timeless classic reborn with Chicago Opera Theater's (COT) "Le nozze di Figaro" (The Marriage of Figaro), with conductor Jane Glover and director Diane Paulus. Featuring an all-star cast of exceptional young singers, with modern staging and a set by designer Robert Brill, this promises to be a "Figaro" like no other.
The production features soprano Jane Archibald (Susanna), acclaimed by the Toronto Star as "a tragedienne of rare eloquence"; Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó (Countess Almaviva), who was previously seen at COT in "L'incoronazione di Poppea"; Swedish born baritone Fredrik Zetterström (Bartolo), from COT's "Il viaggio a Reims"; and mezzo-soprano Sandra Piques Eddy (Cherubino), applauded by The New Yorker as "an important voice in the making." Bass-baritone Christian Van Horn, in the title role of Figaro, has been described as possessing "genuine dramatic urgency and warm, handsome tone" by OPERANEWS.
All Chicago Opera Theater performances for the 2005 Season will be at the Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, located in Millennium Park at 205 E. Randolph St.
"Le nozze di Figaro" features music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte . It is based on "Le mariage de Figaro," by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. The opera will be sung in Italian with English supertitles. The COT performance schedule, May 4-14, is: Wednesday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, May 8, at 3 p.m.; Thursday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets for main-stage COT productions range in price from $30 - $105. Students receive a 50 percent discount. Rush tickets at a 50 percent discount are available at the Harris Theater Box office two hours before each performance. To purchase tickets or for more information, contact the COT Box Office at (312) 704-8414, or visit
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