Così Fan Tutte
Event
80 years are history, mission, tradition and responsibility. 2021 marks the return of projects that are part of the Coliseu’s genesis, and opera is one of its main investments. On September 4th, the season opens with “Così fan tutte”, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The third and final opera in the successful trilogy of Mozart's collaborations with the Venetian librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, after “The marriage of Figaro” in 1786 and “Don Giovanni” in 1787, the plot of “Così fan tutte” ( 1789) revolves around two young couples, inexperienced on the boundaries between fantasy and reality: Guglielmo and Ferrando, who, manipulated by the cynical D. Alfonso, are led to bet on the fidelity of their respective girlfriends, Fiordiligi and Dorabella.
With Lorenzo da Ponte, Mozart created three musical and theatrical masterpieces, ending with this controversial work in two acts, revolutionary at the time, which cast a different look on the relationships between men and women, but above all on the human condition. Despite the title “Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti”… (“That's how they are, that is, The school of lovers…”), the story also casts a critical eye on the conduct of male characters, seducing the audience with witty jokes, amusing ironies and novelistic twists that translate into hard lessons about the depths of love.
“Così fan tutte” will be presented at “Coliseu Porto Ageas” starring highly talented national artistic bodies and soloists, to be announced soon, in a co-production with the “Politécnico do Porto”.
The third and final opera in the successful trilogy of Mozart's collaborations with the Venetian librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, after “The marriage of Figaro” in 1786 and “Don Giovanni” in 1787, the plot of “Così fan tutte” ( 1789) revolves around two young couples, inexperienced on the boundaries between fantasy and reality: Guglielmo and Ferrando, who, manipulated by the cynical D. Alfonso, are led to bet on the fidelity of their respective girlfriends, Fiordiligi and Dorabella.
With Lorenzo da Ponte, Mozart created three musical and theatrical masterpieces, ending with this controversial work in two acts, revolutionary at the time, which cast a different look on the relationships between men and women, but above all on the human condition. Despite the title “Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti”… (“That's how they are, that is, The school of lovers…”), the story also casts a critical eye on the conduct of male characters, seducing the audience with witty jokes, amusing ironies and novelistic twists that translate into hard lessons about the depths of love.
“Così fan tutte” will be presented at “Coliseu Porto Ageas” starring highly talented national artistic bodies and soloists, to be announced soon, in a co-production with the “Politécnico do Porto”.
