Review: Le Nozze di Figaro @ The Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera production of Le Nozze di Figaro. Hiroyuki Ito for The New York Times .
This past week I attended the Friday performance of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), a comedic opera with some clever aristocratic satire and a fine score. Admittedly, this was my first live performance at the Met, so I can’t present myself as much of a connoisseur. But as always, I’ve got an opinion.
I had been to other performances at Lincoln Center, but had not yet attended the Metropolitan Opera and I was immediately stunned by the grandeur of the House. Living 50 yards away for two years, it’s never been terribly impressed by the exterior of Lincoln Center and truly only appreciated the new Alice Tully, with Carnegie Hall and Radio City serving as my preferred setting as opposed to the old Alice Tully or Avery Fisher Halls.
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On Monday, November 9th, I went with an alumni group to see the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra with David Liebman perform at Dizzy’s Coca Cola Club as a part of Jazz at Lincoln Center.