Opera silent movie
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
by W. A. Mozart | with German subtitles
In 2016 Bernd R. Bienert staged Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro” at the original location in 1786 – in the once imperial theater at Laxenburg Castle near Vienna. The video recording in HD was processed on the computer and given the appearance of a SW silent film. With German subtitles and piano accompaniment, the film tells the story of Mozart’s opera in an exciting 70 minutes.
Director: Bernd R. Bienert
Camera and Editing: Johannes Novohradsky
Live music based on W. A. Mozart
Fortepiano: Eliana Morretti
Text of the subtitles: Bernd R. Bienert (after Vulpius)
Make-up and wigs: Manuela Kolb
Stage design and costumes: Bernd R. Bienert
Cast:
Figaro: Gebhard Heegmann
Susanna: Megan Kahts
Count: Gezim Berisha
Countess: Sarah Marie Kramer
Cherubin: Barbara Angermaier
Marzeline: Anne Wieben
Basilio, Don Gusmann: Juan Carlos Petruzziello
Bartholo, Antonio: Florian Pejrimovsky
Hannchen: Penelope Makeig
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Bernd Satzinger bass
Mathias Koch percussion
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