Le nozze di Figaro [videorecording] : opera buffa in quattro atti / da Lorenzo da Ponte ; messa in musica dal Signor W.A. Mozart ; regia di Jean-Pierre Ponnelle ; a production of Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft.
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Hermann Prey (Figaro) ; Mirella Freni (Susanna) ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Il Conte di Almaviva) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (La Contessa di Almaviva) ; Maria Ewing (Cherubino) ; Paolo Montarsolo (Bartolo) ; Heather Begg (Marcellina) ; John Van Kesteren (Basilio) ; Hans Kraemmer (Antonio) ; Janet Perry (Barbarina) ; Willy Caron (Don Curzio) ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Karl Böhm, conductor. Originally produced in 1976. Based on Le mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais. Filmed in London, Shepperton, Studios, 6/1976; sound recording: Vienna, Sofiensaal, 12/1975. Booklet containing an inverview with Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and synopsis, both in English, translated from German inserted in container.
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