Così fan tutte

Synopsis

With Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden continues its acclaimed Da Ponte Cycle, designed jointly by director Vincent Huguet and conductor Daniel Barenboim. “Huguet places the action in a French-style and coherent manner in an environment that could be set either in today’s world or in the flower child world of the late 60s and 70s. In doing so, he understands Cosi as what it probably was according to the intentions of Mozart and Da Ponte. And Cosi fan tutte, which has always been thought to have a tendency to be misogynistic, suddenly shimmers in a friendlier, modern light: Is it not free love that is the problem, but the strict, outdated, basically inhuman understanding of fidelity?” (Der Tagesspiegel). Federica Lombardi, Marina Viotti, Gyula Orendt, Paolo Fanale, Barbara Frittoli, and Lucio Gallo embody their roles vocally impressively and with pleasure in the play. “The work of the young French director Vincent Huguet showed well pointed humour” (Musik heute).

Additional Info

• No: A05050820
• Composer: W.A. Mozart
• Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
• Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatsopernchor
• Artists: Federica Lombardi, Marina Viotti, Gyula Orendt, Paolo Fanale, Barbara Frittoli
• Production year: 2021
• Run time: 03:02:00
• Director: Stage Director: Vincent Huguet
• Producers: Bel Air Media, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Mezzo, Medici.tv
• Format: HDTV 16:9