Opera on 3 - Mozart Double Bill: Le nozze di Figaro and La clemenza di Tito

Donald Macleod presents Le Nozze di Figaro, K492, with the Chicago Lyric Opera conducted by Andrew Davis, and La Clemenza di Tito, K621, conducted by Rene Jacobs. Le Nozze di Figaro, K492 When Count Almaviva decides to exercise his droit de seigneur and sample the delights of Figaro's bride-to-be, Susanna, he sets off a train of events which do not make his life any easier. Figaro ..... Kyle Ketelsen Susanna ..... Danielle de Niese Countess ..... Anne Schwanewilms Count ..... Mariusz Kwiecien Cherubino ..... Joyce DiDonato Marcellina ..... Lauren Curnow Bartolo ..... Andrea Silvestrelli Basilio ..... Keith Jameson Antonio ..... Philip Kraus Barbarina ..... Angela Mannino Curzio ..... David Portillo Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by Andrew Davis La Clemenza di Tito, K621 Based on the life of the Roman Emperor Titus, the work was commissioned to celebrate the coronation of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor as King of Bohemia, in September 1791. At the core of the opera is Vitellia's plot to assassinate Titus, but there is also unrequited love, a great deal of intrigue, and some heart-stopping reversals of fortune along the way. In this acclaimed recording, Rene Jacobs conducts an all-star cast. Tito ..... Mark Padmore Vitellia ..... Alexandrina Pendatchanska Sesto ..... Bernarda Fink Annio ..... Marie-Claude Chappuis Servilia ..... Sunhae Im Publio ..... Sergio Foresti RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conductor René Jacobs.