Salzburg Festival 2020: Così fan tutte

About this event

At Salzburg Festival 2020, the new production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte is a magic moment in Mozart interpretation, a true feast for the eyes and ears: A masterfully clever staging, a ravishingly young cast and, with Joana Mallwitz, for the first time a woman stands at the podium of the Wiener Philharmoniker for a staged opera production at the Festival.

“The sovereignty and prudence with which conductor Joana Mallwitz steers her ensemble and the Wiener Philharmoniker through Mozart’s musical cosmos is phenomenal“, praises BR Klassik, “the orchestra likes to be carried away by her, playing with enthusiasm and brilliance.“

For this shortened version of Mozart's masterpiece the young conductor joins forces with none other than the internationally renowned director Christof Loy. The celebrated stage director brings unexpected psychological elements to his strikingly modern mise en scène which is coherent down to the smallest detail. On the simple black and white stage, the emotional tragedy takes its course: The sisters Fiordiligi (sung by stunning French soprano Elsa Dreisig) and Dorabella (beautifully presented by Marianne Crebassa) are subject of a bet made by their betrothed Ferrando (exquisite and sunny voiced Bogdan Volkov) and Guglielmo (hot tempered Andrè Schuen) with Don Alfonso (surprisingly uncynical Johannes Martin Kränzle): true faithfulness would not exist with women. In the end, Don Alfonso should be right and still, this game causes deep wounds for all involved!

Featuring

Conductor: Joana Mallwitz

Fiordiligi: Elsa Dreisig

Dorabella: Marianne Crebassa

Guglielmo: Andrè Schuen

Ferrando: Bogdan Volkov

Despina: Lea Desandre

Don Alfonso: Johannes Martin Kränzle

Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Chorus Master: Huw Rhys James

Stage Director: Christof Loy

Repertoire

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte KV 588

Duration: approx. 150 minutes.

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