Name: Così fan tutte
Start: 2023-02-21
End: 2023-02-21
Location: Staatsoper

Organization

Stage director

Herbert Fritsch

Lighting designer

Carsten Sander

Costume designer

Victoria Behr

Set designer

Dramaturge

Johannes Blum

Chorus master

Christian Günther

Conductor

Nicolas André

Singer

Soprano

Tara Erraught

Fiordiligi

Mezzo-soprano

Jana Kurucová

Dorabella

Baritone

Huw Montague Rendall

Guglielmo

Tenor

Filipe Manu

Ferrando

Heidi Stober

Despina

Bass

Chao Deng

Don Alfonso

Staatsoper Hamburg

Orchestra

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Others

Hamburg State Opera Choir

Italian

Così fan tutte

Hamburg

Germany

Staatsoper

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German

English

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Così fan tutte Mozart

Two men want to test the fidelity of their wives and make a bet that they will stand firm. The women have to fend off violent attacks from the men, who in the end bring down the fortress of their loyalty. But the men, as part of the experiment, did not expect that they, too, could be unfaithful to their wives and their feelings. Cheating, confusing, lying - to others and to oneself - is grotesquely funny and cruel at the same time. Some worry less about the new situation (Guglielmo and Dorabella), others struggle to the point of exhaustion (Fiordiligi and Ferrando). The closing ceremony is intended to cement the social status quo and bring the new freedom to its knees. But the marriage is only a sham, and beneath the surface of tradition rumbles.

Two men want to test the fidelity of their wives and make a bet that they will stand firm. The women have to fend off violent attacks from the men, who in the end bring down the fortress of their loyalty. But the men, as part of the experiment, did not expect that they, too, could be unfaithful to their wives and their feelings. Cheating, confusing, lying - to others and to oneself - is grotesquely funny and cruel at the same time. Some worry less about the new situation (Guglielmo and Dorabella), others struggle to the point of exhaustion (Fiordiligi and Ferrando). The closing ceremony is intended to cement the social status quo and bring the new freedom to its knees. But the marriage is only a sham, and beneath the surface of the tradition rumbles.

Zwei Männer wollen die Treue ihrer Frauen prüfen und gehen eine Wette ein, dass sie standhaft bleiben. Die Frauen müssen sich heftigen Attacken der Männer erwehren, die die Festung ihrer Treue am Ende doch noch zu Fall bringen. Aber die Männer, als beteiligte Elemente des Experiments, haben nicht damit gerechnet, dass auch sie ihren Frauen und ihren Gefühlen untreu werden könnten. Das Betrügen, Verwirren, Belügen - der anderen und sich selbst - ist grotesk komisch und grausam zugleich. Die einen machen sich eher weniger Gedanken über die neue Lage (Guglielmo und Dorabella), die anderen ringen bis zur Erschöpfung darum (Fiordiligi und Ferrando). Die Schlusszeremonie soll den gesellschaftlichen status quo zementieren und zwingt die neue Freiheit in die Knie. Doch die Heirat ist nur Schein, und unter der Oberfläche der Tradition rumort es.

Deutsch

Così fan tutte by Mozart, Tue 21 Feb 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Herbert Fritsch,, Conductor Nicolas André, Staatsoper, Hamburg, Germany

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