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opera Mozart's Così fan tutte The complete Da Ponte trilogy at the Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles: Ivan Alexandre (stage director), Marc Minkowski (conductor), Les Musiciens du Louvre

The complete Da Ponte trilogy at the Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles: Ivan Alexandre (stage director), Marc Minkowski (conductor), Les Musiciens du Louvre

Mozart's Così fan tutte The complete Da Ponte trilogy at the Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles: Ivan Alexandre (stage director), Marc Minkowski (conductor), Les Musiciens du Louvre

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Following several widely lauded runs across Europe, the celebrated Mozart / Da Ponte trilogy by stage director Ivan Alexandre and conductor Marc Minkowski makes a triumphant return to the exquisite Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles in 2023, and you can watch it in full on medici.tv! Backed by Minkowski's marvelous Musiciens du Louvre, an expert cast breathes new life into the most famous operatic cycle this side of Wagner: Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte — the three masterpieces created by Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, all full of sparkling wit and instantly memorable arias and all counted among the crown jewels of the opera.

Così fan tutte, first performed in 1790, is the final Mozart / Da Ponte collaboration and the only one of the three not based on existing literary sources. A comedy of errors heightened to the point of absurdity, its supposed frivolity belies an incisive critique of Enlightenment values, offering "sweeping observations on the human condition," according to esteemed conductor Jane Glover in The Guardian. Soldiers Guglielmo (Florian Sempey) and Ferrando (James Ley), challenged by the old cynic Don Alfonso (Alexandre Duhamel, fresh off his titular turn in Don Giovanni), disguise themselves in order to test the fidelity of their fiancées, sisters Dorabella (Angela Brower) and Fiordiligi (Ana Maria Labin), with the help of mischievous maid Despina (Miriam Albano) — but all may end up getting a bigger dose of reality than they bargained for…

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The complete Mozart operas

The complete Mozart operas

Cast

  • Ivan Alexandre | Stage director, Lighting
  • Antoine Fontaine | Set designer, Lighting, Costumes
  • Stéphane Le Bel | Lighting
  • Romain Gilbert | Assistant stage director
  • Ana Maria Labin | Fiordiligi
  • Angela Brower | Dorabella
  • Miriam Albano | Despina
  • James Ley | Ferrando
  • Florian Sempey | Guglielmo
  • Alexandre Duhamel | Don Alfonso

Program

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Così fan tutte, K. 588
    • Ouverture
    • I: "La mia Dorabella"
    • I: "È la fede delle femmine"
    • I: "Una bella serenata"
    • I: "Ah, guarda, sorella"
    • I: "Barbaro fato! Vorrei dir"
    • I: "Sento, o Dio"
    • I: "Bella vita militar!"
    • I: "Di scrivermi"
    • I: "Soave sia il vento"
    • I: "Smanie implacabili"
    • I: "In uomini, in soldati"
    • I: "Alla bella Despinetta"
    • I: "Come scoglio"
    • I: "Non siate ritrosi"
    • I: "E voi ridete?"
    • I: "Un’aura amorosa"
    • I: "Ah, che tutto"
    • I: "Eccovi un medico"
    • I: "Dove son"
    • I: "Dammi un bacio"
    • II: "Andate là"
    • II: "Una donna a quindici anni"
    • II: "Prenderò quel brunettino"
    • II: "Secondate, aurette amiche"
    • II: "La mano a me date"
    • II: "Il core vi dono"
    • II: "Per pietà, ben mio, perdona"
    • II: "Donne mie, la fate"
    • II: "Tradito, schernito"
    • II: "È amore un ladroncello"
    • II: "Fra gli amplessi"
    • II: "Tutti accusan le donne"
    • II: "Fate presto, o cari amici"
    • II: "Benedetti I doppi coniugi"
    • II: "E nel tuo"
    • II: "Sani e salvi agli amplessi amorosi"
    • II: "Fortunato"

Details

  • Directed by:
    • François Roussillon
    • Frédéric Savoir
  • Venue: Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)
  • Production date: 2023
  • Duration: 2 h 54 min
  • Production: © A co-production Opéra Royal - Château de Versailles Spectacles / FRA Prod with the support of CNC
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