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Date and venueTitle
28-Feb-2012
Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre
Opera Australia: The Marriage of Figaro with a difference
Image credit: Michael Lewis (Count Almaviva), Taryn Fiebig (Susanna), Dominica Matthews (Cherubino), © Branco GaicaFrom the opening bars of the Overture of Opera Australia’s production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro it was clear that this was going to be a production with a difference. As the orchestra began, the curtain raised to reveal a room, painted in brilliant white, with clothes rails at either end containing maids’ costumes. Gradually the maids entered in their modern clothing and began undressing and putting on their maids’ uniforms, hanging up their jeans and t-shirts on the coat hangers.
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