Le Nozze di Figaro | Opera review

Royal Opera House, LondonHow much is Le Nozze di Figaro about revolution? It's a question posed by David McVicar's tricky production of Mozart's comedy, which takes a work usually seen as prophetic of the French revolution and relocates it to the years before the less convulsive upheaval of 1830, when the "July monarchy" under Louis-Philippe was installed. When it was new in 2006, it struck many as beautifully observed in emotional detail, but lacking political force.Things have changed. This ma...

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