Così fan tutte

For his three-season cycle of Mozart's Da Ponte operas - The Marriage of
Figaro, Così fan tutte and Don Giovanni - the Leipzig Opera's director Udo
Zimmermann turned to John Dew, the Cuban-born, New York-raised British
director. Though a staunch believer in authenticity and historical
performance practice, Dew feels that it is perfectly acceptable to cast an
opera in a modern-day setting. In Dew's productions, Mozart's characters
seem to have stepped out of a TV series. They're people of today with
problems of today. This is also what Dew sees in the three Da Ponte operas:
"They are all about trust and the search for happiness. Maybe we expect
more from a work of art. But for me it's a great deal. After all, personal
happiness makes life worth living." Elsewhere he says: "The purpose of art
is to dispel boredom." Indeed, Mozart's three Da Ponte operas are
guaranteed to provide witty, throught-provoking, stimulating entertainment
- anything but boredom!

Composer:	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Title:	Così fan tutte
Conductor:	Johannes Wildner
Staged By:	John Dew
Soloist:	Eva Batori, Annette Markert, Hendrikje Wangemann, Sangho Choi, Robert Heimann, Roland Schubert
Set:	Heinz Balthes
Orchestra:	Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Chorus:	Chor der Oper Leipzig
Video Director:	Horant H. Hohlfeld
Genre:	Opera
Length:	171 minutes
Cat.No.:	A05009685