An opera in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte based on the comedy by Beaumarchais. Performed by the Hamburg National Opera, Ballet and Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt conducting. Choreography by Gustav Blank. With Tom Krause (Count Almaviva), Arlene Saunders (Countess Almaviva), Edith Mathis (Susanna), Heinz Blankenburg (Figaro), Elisabeth Steiner (Cherubino), Maria von Ilosvay (Marzellina), Noël Mangin (Bartolo), Kurt Marschner (Basilio), Jürgen Förster (Don Guzman), Karl Otto (Antonio), Natalie Usselmann (Barbarina).