This production of Mozart’s ‘perfect’ opera starred many singers who would continue to appear at Seattle Opera for many years. The Barbarina, Elisabeth Rom, was a young lady from Seattle whose brother Erhard would go on to design for America’s leading opera companies.

Sheri Greenawald (the Countess) and Cynthia Haymon (Susanna) in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, 1989 © Matthew McVay

Dale Duesing (Figaro), Erich Parce (Count Almaviva), and Cynthia Haymon (Susanna) in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, 1989 © Matthew McVay

Cynthia Haymon (Susanna), Sheri Greenawald (the Countess), and Dale Duesing (Figaro) in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, 1989 © Matthew McVay

Sheri Greenawald (the Countess) and Cynthia Haymon (Susanna) in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, 1989 © Matthew McVay

Erich Parce (Count Almaviva), Sheri Greenawald (the Countess), Elisabeth Rom (Barbarina), Cynthia Haymon (Susanna), and Dale Duesing (Figaro) in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, 1989 © Matthew McVay

Paul Gudas (Don Curzio), Dale Duesing (Figaro), David Evitts (Dr. Bartolo), Judith Christin (Marcellina), and Erich Parce (Count Almaviva) in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, 1989 © Matthew McVay

Byron Ellis (Antonio), Erich Parce (Count Almaviva), Dale Duesing (Figaro), Cynthia Haymon (Susanna), and Sheri Greenawald (the Countess) in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, 1989 © Matthew McVay

Sheri Greenawald (the Countess), Diane Kesling (Cherubino), and Cynthia Haymon (Susanna) in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, 1989 © Matthew McVay