Così fan tutte - Royal Opera 2010
10th September 2010 Royal Opera
The new Royal Opera Season begins with a great audience favourite – both in opera and in its production. This great comedy with an edge brings a classic score by Mozart to a witty story of deception and trust tested to its limit. Can two apparently faithful couples have their affections altered by some apparently harmless deception? Jonathan Miller’s ever-popular production updates the 18th-century to today – while fashions and technology may have changed since Mozart’s time, human behaviour remains as fickle and manipulative as ever. Royal Opera favourite Thomas Allen returns in a strong cast of singers under acclaimed German conductor Thomas Hengelbrock.
The title may suggest that it is the way of women to behave this way – 'such is the way they are' – but then it seems to be true of the men too. In this most sophisticated of operas with the most sublime of scores, no-one escapes unscathed.
Cast
Ferrando Pavol Breslik
Guglielmo Stéphane Degout
Don Alfonso Thomas Allen
Fiordiligi Maria Bengtsson
Dorabella Jurgita Adamonyte
Despina Rebecca Evans
Credits
The Royal Opera
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Director / Designer Jonathan Miller
Lighting Jonathan Miller and John Charlton