Cherubin (2007)

This is one of the most enjoyable opera produced The playful production by Paul Curran Teatro Lirico di Cagliari Sardinia has a wealth of clever touches and the sets and costumes are lovely whimsical imaginative and wonderfully captured T The libretto for Cherubin 1905 an homage to Beaumarchais and da Ponte takes up the story of the character Cherubino from Mozarts Le nozze di Figaro and shows him suffering his first great disappointment in love his rejection by the courtesandancer Ensoleillad All ends happily however as Cherubin finds his real destiny in Nina a girl his own age The story is tightly constructed the text full of wit and humor in lighter moments and rapturous poetry in the love scenes and the DVDs subtitles are expertly handled