The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

Release Date: 2025-04-26

Overview: Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut leading an extraordinary cast in Mozart’s comic masterpiece. Bass-baritone Michael Sumuel stars as the clever valet Figaro, opposite soprano Olga Kulchynska as his betrothed, the wily maid Susanna. Baritone Joshua Hopkins is the skirt-chasing Count, with soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife and mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

Rating: 7 / 10

Cast

Michael Sumuel

as Figaro

Olga Kulchynska

as Susanna

Maurizio Muraro

as Dr. Bartolo

Elizabeth Bishop

as Marcellina

Sun-Ly Pierce

as Cherubino