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Le Nozze di Figaro
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Santa Fe Opera
- "But a special crown goes to SFO debut director Thor Steingraber ... He completely restaged this revival of SFO's 1990 production, giving it broad, sometimes randy, humor plus a sense of well-honed witty physical comedy that illuminated human folly." The New Mexican
- "Steingraber's antics came right on beat, so to speak -- out of the words, the music, the situation, and the character's interactions. Imagine a Noel Coward society play and a French bedroom farce giving birth to the Marx Brothers and you'll get the idea. But never did a blocking or funny action hurt the forward rush of the music. The recitative sections, with fortepiano and cello continuo, worked especially well under Steingraber's hands." The New Mexican
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Los Angeles Opera
- "Thor Steingraber ... kept the focus on credible characterization and motivation." LA Times
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