The Marriage of Figaro, diary of a creation

The Marriage of Figaro, diary of a creation

2013 · Documentary

The marriage of Figaro, Mozart’s opera, has been adapted for the Opera of Bordeaux by Laurent Laffargue, a theatre director from Bordeaux. How do his artistic intuitions, and sometimes his certainties converge with the skill and talent of his numerous colleagues, scenographers, costume designers, singers, technicians, to make out of this creation a unique moment of the story of this play?

Directed by Jeanne Oberson

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