Prom 60: The Marriage of Figaro – review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonIt takes time to adjust ear and eye alike when the intimately crafted balances of a Mozart opera are transported from the confines of the opera house at Glyndebourne to the wide open spaces of the Albert Hall. This Prom visit of the festival opera's new Figaro was no exception, with the period-instrument Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on the stage and a pared-down version by Ian Rutherford – no open-top car this time – of Michael Grandage's 1960s updating acte...

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