Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met 38 years old

From the "James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met" DVD box set. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s landmark production of Mozart’s most human comedy provides the perfect setting for this superb cast under James Levine’s ebullient leadership. The philandering and arrogant Count Almaviva (Thomas Allen) is no match for his wily servant Figaro (Ruggero Raimondi), whose soon-to-be-wife Susanna (Kathleen Battle) is as manipulative as she is charming. Add in one beautiful, disillusioned Countess (Carol Vaness) and one irrepressible, testosterone-laden teenage boy (Cherubino, played by Federica von Stade), and it’s no wonder some critics say this is the perfect opera.

Credits

Ruggero Raimondi as

Frederica von Stade as

Thomas Allen as

Kathleen Battle as

Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met Cast

Name	Character
Ruggero Raimondi He was 44, now 82 years old
Frederica von Stade She was 40, now 78 years old
Thomas Allen He was 41, now 79 years old
Kathleen Battle She was 37, now 75 years old

Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met Crew

Name	Department

Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met (38 years)

Release day: Saturday, December 14, 1985