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National Theatre Prague

Mannheim National Theater

Stavovské divadlo (The Estates Theatre)

Chorusmaster

Chorusmaster (+1)

Lukáš Kozubík

Conductor

Conductor (+2)

Jiří Habart

Stage director

Tatjana Gürbaca

Set designer

Costume designer (+1)

Ingrid Erb

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Stefan Bolliger

Mezzo-soprano (+1)

Barbora Perná

Fiordiligi

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Michaela Zajmi

Dorabella

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir

Bass-baritone (+4)

Boris Prýgl

Guglielmo

Baritone (+3)

Lukáš Bařák

Tenor

Juraj Hollý

Ferrando

Soprano (+1)

Yukiko Šrejmová-Kinjo

Despina

Lenka Máciková

Bass (+3)

Jiří Sulženko

Don Alfonso

Baritone (+6)

Jiří Hájek

Pianist

Lucie Pirochová

Piano

Martin Levický

Orchestra

Prague National Opera Orchestra

Chorus

Prague National Theatre Chorus

Ballet

Balet Opery Národního divadla

Mozart’s Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers) is the last of the three operas that were the fruit of the composer’s collaboration with the librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. Following Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro, the two artists opted for a more intimate story, focusing on the relationships between its four protagonists, two engaged couples. Da Ponte drew inspiration for the timeless and bitter comedy about female (and, ultimately, male too) fidelity in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Ariosto’s Orlando furioso and Cimarosa’s buffa L’impresario in angustie. Set to a seemingly trivial story, Mozart created one of his most refined works, boasting wonderful melodies and colourful orchestration, as well as splendid characterisation of the personages and situations. Così fan tutte premiered on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, with the composer conducting. The new opera came to Prague the following year, and the local audiences could see two productions – the first, as a singspiel and in German translation, was performed at the Vaterländisches Theater (in the former “Hibernia” monastery), the second, in its original form, at the Nostitz Theatre.

The adaptation of Così fan tutte is by Tatjana Gürbaca, an award-winning German director working for major European opera companies. The music has been undertaken by the German conductor Karsten Januschke, who first appeared at the Estates Theatre in 2021 at the Mozart’s Birthday concert, and also conducted the production of Don Giovanni.

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