Le Nozze di Figaro – review

Glyndebourne Touring OperaMichael Grandage's Glyndebourne production of Le Nozze di Figaro, first seen at this year's main festival and now revived by Ian Rutherford for the autumn tour, updates Mozart's great comedy to the early 1970s. Some of its more lavish aspects – most notably the sports car in which the Count and Countess arrived at their country estate – have been jettisoned for the tour, and what remains is a restrained, detailed piece of music theatre that at its best is funny, tou...

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