Release Date

10 Jan, 1992

Runtime

03:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John Corigliano’s “grand opera buffa” The Ghosts of Versailles—an uproariously funny and deeply moving work inspired by Beaumarchais’s third Figaro play, La Mère Coupable, and commissioned by the Met to celebrate its 100th anniversary. This telecast captures its world premiere run, conducted by James Levine. Håkan Hagegård is Beaumarchais, Figaro’s creator, who is deeply in love with Marie Antoinette (Teresa Stratas in a heart-searing performance) and determined to rewrite history and save her from the guillotine. A young Renée Fleming, at the beginning of her international career, sings the unfaithful Rosina. Gino Quilico is the wily Figaro who tries to take matters in his own hands, and Marilyn Horne stops the show as the exotic entertainer Samira.

Original Title

The Ghosts of Versailles

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Actors

Teresa Stratas

Håkan Hagegård

Gino Quilico

Renée Fleming

Marilyn Horne

Graham Clark

Judith Christin

Peter Kazaras

Tracy Dahl

Neil Rosenshein

Stella Zambalis

Wilbur Pauley

Jane Shaulis

Richard Drews

James Courtney

Ara Berberian

Dean Badolato

Philip Cokorinos

Midhat Serbagi

Betsy Norden

Kitt Reuter-Foss

Crew

James Levine

William M. Hoffman

John Corigliano

Magda Szayer

John Conklin

John Conklin

Jay David Saks

Debra Brown

Colin Graham

Gil Wechsler

Gary Bradley

Brian Large

Victor Callegari

Peter Gelb