Name: Così fan tutte
Start: 2022-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Nationaltheater

Organization

Conductor

Vladimir Jurowski

Stage director

Benedict Andrews

Set designer

Magda Willi

Costume designer

Victoria Behr

Lighting designer

Mark Van Denesse

Chorus master

Stellario Fagone

Dramaturge

Katja Leclerc

Singer

Soprano

Louise Alder

Fiordiligi

Mezzo-soprano

Avery Amereau

Dorabella

Baritone

Konstantin Krimmel

Guglielmo

Tenor

Sebastian Kohlhepp

Ferrando

Sandrine Piau

Despina

Bass

Christian Gerhaher

Don Alfonso

Johannes Martin Kränzle

Kamila Akhmedjanova

Bayerische Staatsoper

Orchestra

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Others

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

Italian

Così fan tutte

Munich

Germany

Nationaltheater

Così fan tutte is the final installment in one of the most fruitful and widely admired of artistic partnerships—the storied collaboration between Lorenzo Da Ponte, imperial poet in the Viennese court, and Mozart, the Salzburg-born genius whom Da Ponte called "that most celebrated father of harmony." The meeting of their talents resulted in three comic operas, all of which left an indelible mark on music history: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte.

Often misunderstood as less humorous than Figaro and less dramatic than Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte is perhaps more a music lover's opera than an opera lover's opera, owing in no small part to its undeniably sublime score. A sympathetic mise en scène of the complexity of human relationships stripped of sentimental excess, the work's true comedy comes from Mozart's playful mocking of the heightened, frivolous passions of opera seria—even as he crafted moments of fiery bravura, as in the arias of Fiordiligi, and moments of veritably Romantic beauty like the unforgettable trio Soave sia il vento.

In this new production by the Bayerische Staatsoper, directed by Benedict Andrews, the attention falls precisely on the outsized exuberance of the characters' feelings. Conductor Vladimir Jurowski directs the always impeccable Bavarian State Orchestra, while a dream cast brings out the beauty of Mozart's melodies and Da Ponte's libretto, including soprano Louise Alder in the coveted role of Fiordiligi.

Christian Gerhaher appears courtesy of Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment.

Public

German

English

Approved

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