Le Nozze di Figaro, with Esposito, Evans, Finley, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, May 2014
Posted on 3 May 2014In this latest revival of David McVicar’s 2006 production, Gerald Finley’s beautifully nuanced and stylish performance of the Count was a joy to behold. Full of restrained power, his premonition of success with Susanna expressed by the recitative and aria early in Act III showed a man in huge command of his household, only of …