Cosi fan tutte
From: Monday, 25th March 2013
To: Monday, 25 March 2013
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Synopsis
Two officers wager that their lovers would be faithful while they're away, and decide to test them. Faking a sudden departure to battle they return disguised to try and seduce each other's partners. The results quickly get out of hand.
Our Review:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 25 March 2013
Psychologically speaking (and singing), there's a great deal about Paul Higgins new production of Mozart's Così fan tutte to think about. Commedia dell'arte traditions are hinted at in the semi-whiteface of Ferrando and Guglielmo before they assume their Albanian disguises and in Despina's masked and beaked doctor. Guglielmo himself is the odd man out, well before his variation in the "E nel tuo" second-act quartet. Alfonso may be a philosopher, but there's a tinge of sadism as he manipulates the fidelity tests.
Designer Samal Blak puts all this in the correct historical context with the simplest of settings and attractive costuming, though Despina does seem to have the same access to silk-weavers a her mistresses. Both acts begin and end behind a gauze, as though defying the audience to take the characters to its hearts. Mozart, of course, makes sure that that's precisely what we do. And conductor James Burton allows the score its pro...
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Mozart (Author)
Lorenzo da Ponte (Lyrics)
English Touring Opera (Company)
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