West Bay Opera: Così fan tutte

52nd Season
2007–2008

Così fan tutte
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte

first performed Vienna, Burgtheater, January 26, 1790
first performed by West Bay Opera Fall 1987

Six Performances Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto
(in Italian with English titles) Conductor: Barbara Day Turner Director: Douglas Nagel

Friday, February 15, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 2:00 PM

Friday, February 22, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 2:00 PM

The Program (meet the cast & crew)

Reviews

West Bay Opera presents two beloved masterworks at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto: preview of Così fan tutte and Der fliegende Holländer (American Towns, February 11, 2008)
West Bay Opera’s Così fan tutte succeeds (The Almanac, February 15, 2008)

In 1700s Naples, Don Alfonso convinces two young officers, Ferrando and Guglielmo, to test the faithfulness of their girlfriends, Dorabella and Fiordiligi. Mozart wrote some of his most sublime operatic music for Così fan tutte, as he and master librettist Lorenzo da Ponte poked fun at a practice well known to the Viennese Court—girlfriend (and boyfriend) swapping. It’s betrayal of love, with a happy ending.

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