Damp squibs are not what’s wanted when it comes to the end of an act in an opera buffa. There are some justly famous moments in the finales of each of the acts of The Marriage of Figaro with Mozart reaching heights of musical invention that have rarely been scaled by anyone else.
Date: 14 December 1985
Venue: Metropolitan Opera, New York
Conductor: James Levine
Production: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Figaro: Ruggero Raimondi
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Music: (Schwarzkopf, Taddei, Guilini, Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus)
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