
The Marriage of Figaro 1967
A Count with roving eyes…
…for Figaro’s young bride-to-be is thwarted at every turn by conniving servants and a forgiving wife.
Synopsis
Act I
Figaro, valet to Count Almaviva, and Susanna, maid to the Countess, are discussing their forthcoming marriage while they measure a room which has been assigned to them for use after the event. Meanwhile, Marcellina and Dr. Bartolo are hatching a blackmail plot in which Marcellina would win Figaro, who owes her money, as her husband. Cherubino, who loves the Countess, comes to Susanna to ask her intervention with the Countess to help him be re-instated as the Count’s page. In the midst of this, the Count arrives and Cherubino is forced to hide. The Count begins advances to Susanna, is interrupted by Don Basilio, and hides behind a chair. However, he is enraged by Basilio’s conversation and re-appears, much to Basilio’s delight. The Count then relates a story of finding Cherubino in Barbarina’s rooms and, in the course of this storytelling, uncovers Cherubino, who has been hiding in the chair. The Count, in a dreadful state, banishes Cherubino to a far-off regiment and Figaro and Susanna tease the elegant Cherubino about his coming life in the army.
Artists

Donald Gramm
Bass-baritone
Figaro

Doris Yarick
Soprano
Susanna

Saramae Endich
Soprano
Countess Almaviva

Helen Vanni
Mezzo-soprano
Cherubino

William Justus
Baritone
Count Almaviva

Clarity James
Mezzo-soprano
Marcellina

Gimi Beni
Bass-baritone
Bartolo

Nico Castel
Tenor
Don Basilio

John West
Tenor
Antonio

Gary Glaze
Tenor
Don Curzio

Linda Phillips
Soprano
Barbarina

Claire Brooks
Soprano
Peasant Girl

Judith Curtis
Mezzo-soprano
Peasant Girl

Robert Baustian
Conductor

Carolyn Lockwood-Busch
Director

Lawrence Reehling
Scenic Designer

Henry Heymann
Designer
Costume Designer

Georg Schreiber
Lighting Designer

Thatcher Clarke
Choreographer

Martin Smith
Chorus Master