Here are the Marriage of Figaro under the microscope by director Stephan Grögler. For a work whose perfect theatrical logic a priori disqualifies any attempt at rewriting, he had the intelligence to follow the rhythm imposed by Mozart and Da Ponte, while still offering original and relevant insights into its internal mechanics.

The decorations are refined. Accessories solicited in turn in an original ballet by a spiritual and inspired theater man, cultivating the wink and the funny detail. Above all, each stage element provides different spaces in which the singers surprise, spy, make mistakes and reconcile. The cross-sectional view of the Countess' Kabinet in which Cherubin takes refuge allows the spectator to be a voyeur in turn. ResMusica.com : (Vincent Deloge)