The Met: Live in HD Season Continues with Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro on Saturday, April 26
Published by on Apr 09, 2025 9:00 AM
The Met: Live in HD Season Continues with Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro on Saturday, April 26
Joana Mallwitz Makes Her Company Debut Conducting an Outstanding Ensemble Cast
The Met: Live in HD is Available Through Fathom Entertainment In more than 1,800 Theaters Nationwide
New York, NY and Denver (April 9, 2025) —The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season continues with Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro on Saturday, April 26, at 1PM ET.
Fathom Entertainment, the leading specialty distributor of content to theatrical partners worldwide, will also present two encores of Le Nozze di Figaro on Wednesday, April 30, at 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM local time.
Tickets for Le Nozze di Figaro are now on sale at participating U.S. theatre locations. To purchase tickets for Le Nozze di Figaro, please visit the Fathom Entertainment website or participating theatre box offices (participating theatres are subject to change).
Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her company debut with the return of Mozart’s comic masterpiece. Leading an ensemble cast in their Met role debuts, bass-baritone Michael Sumuel and soprano Olga Kulchynska star as the clever valet Figaro and his betrothed, the wily maid Susanna. Baritone Joshua Hopkins joins as the skirt-chasing Count Almaviva, with soprano Federica Lombardi as the compassionate Countess. Mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce completes the distinguished principal cast as the mischievous page Cherubino.
The creative team for Richard Eyre’s classic production includes set and costume designer Rob Howell, lighting designer Paule Constable, and choreographer Sara Erde. This production premiered in 2014, which also marked the opera’s inaugural Live in HD transmission to cinemas worldwide.
American film, theater, and television director Habib Azar will direct the Live in HD presentation, and soprano Julia Bullock will host the transmission, sharing exclusive behind-the-scenes content and interviews during intermission.
The Stars of Le Nozze di Figaro
Joana Mallwitz, conductor; Hildesheim, Germany
Federica Lombardi, Countess Almaviva; Cesena, Italy
Olga Kulchynska, Susanna; Rivne, Ukraine
Sun-Ly Pierce, Cherubino; Clinton, New York
Elizabeth Bishop, Marcellina; Greenville, South Carolina
Joshua Hopkins, Count Almaviva; Pembroke, Canada
Michael Sumuel, Figaro; Odessa, Texas
Maurizio Muraro, Dr. Bartolo; Como, Italy
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The 2024–25 Live in HD season continues with Strauss’s Salome (May 17 with encores on May 21), and Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia (May 31 with encores on June 4). All performances will be Saturday matinees transmitted live from the Met stage.
The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor, Neubauer Family Foundation. Digital support of The Met: Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Met: Live in HD series is supported by Rolex.
About Fathom Entertainment
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The Met
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Fathom Entertainment
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