Metropolitan Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte
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Metropolitan Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte
Roll up, roll up for Cosi Fan Tutte!
Metropolitan Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte
This performance has unfortunately been cancelled
Why see Metropolitan Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte?
Back for 2020
Return to Coney Island as the Met stages the first revival of Phelim McDermott's glorious production of the Mozart favorite. The third collaboration between Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte (following Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni), the work didn't fare too well when it debuted in 1790, with many considering amoral and risque, but has since been thoroughly reappraised and become an unmissable part of any season!
Originally set in Naples, Phelim McDermot relocates the action to Coney Island of the 1950s, filling the stage with fire-eaters, bearded ladies and carousels.
What is the story?
The tale begins with a wager - the wily Don Alfonso bets two young soldiers that their fiancees will be unfaithful to them. The soldiers agree to pretend to be called away on duty and then return in disguise and try and seduce their the other's betrothed. And so begins a comedy of the sexes that would make Shakespeare proud.
Key Information
Audience
Suitable for most audiences
Run Time
3 hours and 30 minutes, with two intermissions
Dates
Finished Mar 14, 2020 cancelled
Cast
Nicole Car as Fiordiligi
Serena Malfi as Dorabella
Ben Bliss as Ferrando
Luca Pisaroni as Guglielmo
Gerald Finley as Don Alfonso
Heidi Stober as Despina
Creative
Conductor - Harry Bicket
Composer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist - Lorenzo Da Ponte
Production - Phelim McDermot
Set Design - Tom Pye
Lighting Design - Paula Constable
Reviews
Customer reviews
3 reviews, average rating: (4.0 Stars)
Martin Locke
Stunning Performance
Sublime singing from this top-drawer cast with Maestro Levine at the helm for today's Live in H D broadcast from the Met. Don't miss it! ... Read more
Marcia Falk
Glorious Music but has flaws
Mozart's music is gloriously performed by the Met's lead singers and ensemble. The story
is a twisted spoof on the foibles of love and passion in a burlesque production set in
1950s Coney Island. A circus theme is the backdrop for the action and startlingly returns
to the terrible time when individuals with rare physical conditions were sensationally
promoted in what was called the "freak show". The small group of actors who bring this
era back have no connection to the story; they merely perform circus acts (magic, fire
swallowing, etc). It is unfortunate that the producers chose to put this piece of circus
history back into the opera without considering the pain and exploitation it brought to
those who were born looking different. ... Read more
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