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Cosi Fan Tutte

1 – 17 August 2024

Mozart’s comic romance in a luminous production by celebrated director David McVicar.

Can true love survive a test?

If anyone can make the ridiculous sublime, it’s Mozart. Here is proof. The last in his celebrated trilogy of operas composed with librettist Da Ponte, Così fan tutte is an absurd story set to music of impossible beauty.

Two men disguise themselves and attempt to seduce the other’s lover in an elaborate ruse to win a bet.

Come along for a merry ride and you’ll see that under a veil of feisty farce, there’s a poignant drama about love, sex, fidelity and loss. The music is exquisite – Mozart at his absolute best.

Presented by Opera Australia

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Artist information

Conductor
Zoe Zeniodi

Director
David McVicar

Revival Director
Andy Morton

Set and Costume Designer
Moritz Junge

Lighting Designer
David Finn

Fiordiligi
Nardus Williams

Dorabella
Helen Sherman

Guglielmo
Nathan Lay

Ferrando
Filipe Manu

Despina
Alexandra Oomens

Don Alfonso
Richard Anderson

Opera Australia Orchestra
Opera Australia Chorus

Other information

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