Storyline
There are elements of Eurotrash in this outdoor Aix-en-Provence summer opera production. Nevertheless, the splendid singing and acting transform the story, normally treated as farce, into something considerably more serious. As many other critics have noted, the young lovers have not yet sorted everything out as this performance ends. Act One begins with the principal characters running around in the outdoor theater -- while the audience takes it in as if they had been advised to sit back and enjoy the novelty. Very likely they were also asked to refrain from applauding at the end of arias and ensemble pieces, in which the three-hour opera abounds.
Cast & Crew
Sophie Koch
Dorabella
LeadAM
Ana María Martínez
Fiordiligi
SD
Stephanie Degout
Guglielmo
SM
Shawn Mathey
Ferrando
Helen Donath
Despina
Thomas Allen
Don Alfonso
MH
Manfred Honeck
Conductor
VP
Vienna Philharmonic
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What People Are Saying
0.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Karl-Ernst Herrmann's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Cosi Fan Tutte is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
