Così fan tutte
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Premiered: Burgtheater, Vienna, January 1790

Sep 23, 24, 30 Oct 1, 8:00 p.m.
With Opera Insights at 7:00 p.m.
Music Director: Randall Behr
Conductor: Andrew Altenbach
Stage Director: Vincent Liotta
Designer: Max Röthlisberger
Dedicated to the memory of Randall Behr, who died suddenly on September 8. Click for information

Sung in Italian
with English supertitles.

Set in Naples in the 18th Century.

This funny and entrancing comedy shows Mozart at his best, with exquisite ensemble and solo vocal writing. As with other fine comedy, the deftly delivered wit in the opera is used as a veil for something more serious. Two young officers, confident of the loyalty of the sisters to whom they are engaged, recklessly wager that their beloveds are beyond temptation. Through a campaign of elaborate ‘foreign’ disguise, charm, and trickery, the men test the women, who finally capitulate – only to realize that the ‘foreigners’ are none other than their beloveds in disguise! All are finally reconciled and walk happily, if gingerly, into their future together.