Harnoncourt conducts Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

Few modern conductors knew how to get to the soul of Mozart like the late Nikolaus Harnoncourt – the Viennese period-performance specialist who was equally at ease with historic instruments and the world's greatest orchestras. In 1996 he conducted the forces of the Zurich Opera House and an excellent ensemble cast in Jurgen Flimm's production of Le nozze di Figaro – which moved the action between different eras and locations to try and find the eternal truths at the heart of this greatest of all comic operas. The results are just as revealing – and as beautiful – as you'd expect.

Soloists: 

Isabel Rey (Soprano), Carlos Chausson (Bass-Baritone), Rodney Gilfry (Baritone), Eva Mei (Soprano), Liliana Nikiteanu (Mezzo-Soprano), Elisabeth von Magnus (Recorder), Robert Holl (Bass), Volker Vogel (Baritone), Martin Zysset (Tenor), Lisa Larsson (Soprano), Werner Gröschel (Bass)

Ensembles: 

Chor des Opernhauses Zürich, Orchester des Opernhauses Zürich

Conductor: 

Nikolaus Harnoncourt