Director Richard Eyre on Making the Met's Le Nozze di Figaro Sexier & Conjuring Ghosts in the States
As the familiar strain of the Le Nozze di Figaro overture soars through the Metropolitan Opera House, you won't find any stuffy 18th-century costumes or powdered wigs. In Sir Richard Eyre’s new staging of the Mozart classic, the lights come up on an unexpected visual: a maid, post-tryst, naked from the waist up. Yes, sex sells—even in the opera world—but as the Olivier Award-winning director exp…