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Dallas Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Date: February 12, 2010 - February 28, 2010
Website: www.dallasopera.org
Location: Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
Address:
2403 Flora St
Dallas TX 75201
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COSÌ FAN TUTTE By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Run time approximately 3 hrs 30 mins.
Would you bet on the fragile and effervescent joys of "summer love?"
This poignant romantic comedy explores the mysteries of the heart with the aid of four attractive young lovers, a crafty maidservant and a jaded man-of-the-world. Featuring an exciting ensemble cast: South African soprano Elza van den Heever in her Dallas Opera debut as the tempestuous Fiordiligi, mezzo Jennifer Holloway (fresh from her company debut as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro) in the role of the vulnerable Dorabella, tenor Brian Anderson (Scaramuccio in our production of Ariadne auf Naxos) portraying the idealistic Ferrando and baritone Michael Todd Simpson (Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro) as the love-hungry Guglielmo.
In the key roles of Don Alfonso and Despina, The Dallas Opera presents two extraordinary talents: bass-baritone Sir Thomas Allen in his long anticipated company debut and soprano Nuccia Focile (an unforgettable Mimi in the 2003 La bohème) as the scheming ladies’ maid.
Conducted by Music Director Graeme Jenkins and staged by John Cox, who created this production for Monte Carlo and re-created it for San Francisco Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago, COSI FAN TUTTE is an acknowledged 18th century masterpiece filled with timeless lessons about life, love and temptation.
In many ways, this is Mozart at his most touching—and his most post-modern.