Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro / Karl Bohm, Prey

Baritone: Dietrich Fischer-dieskau - Soprano: Kiri Te Kanawa - Soprano: Mirella Freni - Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic - Conductor: Karl Bohm

Le Nozze Di Figaro, K.492 - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

This luxuriously cast film of Mozart's beloved opera buffa features a host of legendary interpretations including Kiri Te Kanama's exquisite Countess Alamaviva, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as her philandering husband, Hermann Prey as the wily title character, Mirella Freni, a delight as his no less than savvy bride Susanna, and Maria Ewing, hilarious as the lovesick page Cherubino. Director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's imaginative camera work tellingly emphasizes character and mood in this immortal story of love, intrigue and class struggle, set against the historiacal background of 'ancien regime' Europe sliding towards revolution.

Price: $46.98