Così Fan Tutte

From the Royal Opera House
Running time 200 minutes including one intermission
Sung in Italian with English sutitles

Join us for opening night at the Royal Opera House! This witty tale of deception and girlfriend-swapping, paired with Mozart’s radiant score, has made audiences laugh and sigh for centuries. Jonathan Miller’s ever-popular production updates the 18th century to today – for while fashions and technology may have changed since Mozart’s time, love is as complicated as ever!

Date of Performance September 10, 2010
Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock
Director Jonathan Miller
Set design Jonathan Miller, Tim Blazdell, Andrew Jameson, Colin
Maxwell, Catherine Smith, Anthony Waterman
Costume designer Giorgio Armani
Lighting design Jonathan Miller, John Charlton
Cast
Ferrando Pavol Breslik
Guglielmo Stéphane Degout
Don Alfonso Thomas Allen
Fiordiligi Maria Bengtsson
Dorabella Jurgita Adamonyte
Despina Rebecca Evans
About Così fan tutte

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. -- Courtesy of Opus Arte

Rave reviews for Così fan tutte
"...a compelling piece of music theatre." -- The Guardian
"...Jonathan Miller's modern-dress Così... is a classic." --The Times