Opera Australia's short spring season in Melbourne began with the first revival of David McVicars's highly resuscitable production of Le nozze di Figaro , first seen in Sydney in August this year. It follows the British director's Don Giovanni already seen in Sydney and Melbourne. Così fan tutte will follow next year – welcome programming of these three Mozart/Da Ponte masterpieces by the national company.

In his long review for Arts Update, Michael Halliwell praised McVicars's production as a 'triumph', a palpable hit:

The elements of farcical comedy are all there, but a deep sense of humanity is pervasive, and evident throughout is the great attention to detail from the sparkling recitatives to absolute clarity in the direction of each individual.