Cast & Characters

The Cast

Countess: Soile Isokoski
Susanna: Andrea Rost
Cherubino: Alice Coote
Count: Peter Mattei
Figaro: John Relyea
Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth

The Characters

Figaro - (baritone) Barber, valet to Count Almaviva, engaged to Susanna.

The Countess - (soprano) The Countess Almaviva (first name Rosina, from The Barber of Seville), married to the Count. She is still in love with her husband, although she knows he plans to cheat on her.

Count Almaviva - (baritone) Employer of Figaro and Susanna; although he was once deeply in love with his wife the Countess, he is now pursuing Figaro's fiance Susanna.

Susanna - (soprano) The Countess' witty and beautiful personal maid, engaged to Figaro.

Cherubino - (mezzo-soprano) A flirtatious teenage page.

Doctor Bartolo - (bass) Once the Countess' guardian, he harbors a grudge against Figaro for helping the Count "steal" her away in The Barber of Seville.

Marcellina - (soprano) Has made a bizarre contract with Figaro; he must marry her if he cannot repay his loan.

Don Basilio - (tenor) A gossipy music teacher.

Don Curzio - (tenor) A lawyer, evidently hired to add legal authority to Marcellina's contract with Figaro.

Antonio - (bass) The Count's gardener.

Barbarina - (soprano) Antonio's daughter and Susanna's cousin, a cute teenage girl.