Organization

Singer

Soprano

Laura Wilde

Fiordiligi

Mezzo-soprano

Rihab Chaieb

Dorabella

Tenor

Kang Wang

Ferrando

Baritone

Andrey Zhilikhovsky

Guglielmo

Stage director

Alison Moritz

Conductor

Erina Yashima

Lighting designer

Mark McCullough

Costume designer

Lynly A Saunders

Set designer

Erhard Rom

Ana María Martínez

Despina

Bass

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Don Alfonso

Projection Designer

Katy S Tucker

Washington National Opera

Italian

Così fan tutte

Washington D.C.

United States

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Opera House

Public

English

Approved

Let the games begin! Young soldiers Ferrando and Guglielmo are so confident that their fiancées Fiordiligi and Dorabella will remain loyal when they are away that they make a bet to prove it. A dashing disguise, a slick seduction...what could possibly go wrong? It’s all fun and games until the women fall for their “new” admirers.

Mozart’s comedy returns as charming as ever after it was postponed in our 2020–2021 season. A cast of opera’s rising international stars assembles to sing Mozart’s sublime music backed by an onstage orchestra, from the luminous “Soave sia il vento” trio to Fiordiligi’s determined “Come scoglio” aria. Don’t miss the moment puppet master Don Alfonso exerts unique control of the lovers with the help from Mozart! Everyone fools and everyone is fooled in this satirical romp. Are love’s strings more loosely attached than we’d like to admit?

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew