Organization

Stage director

Tim Albery

Set designer

Tobias Hoheisel

Costume designer

Lighting designer

David Finn

Conductor

Kristiina Poska

Singer

Soprano

Clara Cecilie Thomsen

Fiordiligi

Mezzo-soprano

Kari Dahl Nielsen

Dorabella

Tenor

Jacob Skov Andersen

Ferrando

Baritone

Simon Duus

Guglielmo

Eldrid Gorset

Despina

Bass

Palle Knudsen

Don Alfonso

Magnus Berg

Assistant Director

Marco Crispo

Reenactment Instructor

Joanna Turner

Royal Danish Opera

Opera North

Orchestra

Det Kongelige Kapel

Italian

Così fan tutte

Copenhagen

Denmark

Royal Danish Theatre

Così fan tutte Mozart

Public

Danish

Approved

In Mozart’s intimate opera, love is put to the test. Così fan tutte means ‘So does every woman’, signifying that all women are unfaithful. Philosopher Don Alfonso sets out to prove this insight. His two young friends, Ferrando and Guglielmo, make a bet with him, for they are convinced that their two girlfriends would never be unfaithful. An absurd and farcical entanglement unfolds when the young men, manipulated by Don Alfonso, put the fidelity of their sweethearts to the test, or rather their fickleness.

The opera overflows with fetching arias and ensembles. Profound emotional empathy, vocal virtuosity and musical agility are required of the six singers from the Royal Danish Theatre’s soloist ensemble and the Royal Opera Academy.Leading them is Palle Knudsen as Don Alfonso, who as a virtual puppet master sets reason against emotion in this musical comedy full of Mozart’s masterful music, played by the Royal Danish Orchestra.

Tim Albery stages Don Alfonso’s experimentation in a set design resembling a giant camera obscura, which is vividly combined with Tobias Hoheisel’s embellished period costumes.

English

Così fan tutte by Mozart, From (2023/2023), Directed by Tim Albery,, Conductor Kristiina Poska, Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark

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