Nicholas Hytner
chooses The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Director of the National Theatre |
Theatre, opera and film director whose credits include The History Boys, One Man Two Guvnors, Miss Saigon and Othello.
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The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart
Sir Nicholas Hytner chooses the Act II Finale from The Marriage of Figaro (1786) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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From the Archive
Georg Solti聽
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Sir Georg Solti聽remembers conducting his first Figaro on the night Hitler's tanks rolled into Vienna in 1938.
Speaking to the 成人快手 on 5 Aug 1969
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa on the Mozart Arias that mean the most to her.
From Kiri Te Kanawa's favourite Mozart Arias 8 Jan 2011 成人快手 Radio 3
Elvis Costello
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Elvis Costello chooses Mozart's聽The Marriage of Figaro as one of his Desert Island Discs.
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