“The Marriage of Figaro” a wedding of many talents

Malin Christensson as Susanna and Edwin Crossley-Mercer as Figaro in opening night of L.A. Philharmonic’s production of the opera “Marriage of Figaro” at Walt Disney Concert Hall.  (Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times)

Gustavo Dudamel, left, conducts the L.A. Phil, with Edwin Crossley-Mercer as Figaro. (Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times)

Malin Christensson as Susanna. (Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times)

Dorothea Röschmann as Countess Almaviva. (Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times)

Christopher Maltman as Count Almaviva and Dorothea Röschmann as Countess Almaviva. (Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times)

Simone Osborne, left, as Barbarina and Rachel Frenkel as Cherubino. (Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times)

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the L.A. Phil. (Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times)

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the L.A. Phil and Edwin Crossley-Mercer, left, is Figaro. (Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times)

Dorothea Röschmann, left, as Countess Almaviva and Rachel Frenkel as Cherubino. (Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times)

Rachel Frenkel as Cherubino. (Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times)

Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), left, Odile Gilbert (hair design), Azzedine Alaia (costume design) and Jean Nouvel (installations design) after the performance. [An earlier version of this post identified Jean Nouvel as Christopher Alden.] (Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times)