Name: Così fan tutte
Start: 2018-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Staatsoper

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Maria Bengtsson

Fiordiligi

Mezzo-soprano

Stephanie Lauricella

Dorabella

Baritone

Kartal Karagedik

Guglielmo

Tenor

Dovlet Nurgeldiyev

Ferrando

Oleksiy Palchykov

Sylvia Schwartz

Despina

Bass

Pietro Spagnoli

Don Alfonso

Conductor

Sébastien Rouland

Stage director

Herbert Fritsch

Set designer

Costume designer

Victoria Behr

Lighting designer

Torsten König

Chorus master

Eberhard Friedrich

Dramaturge

Johannes Blum

Staatsoper Hamburg

Others

Hamburg State Opera Choir

Orchestra

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Italian

Così fan tutte

Seeking to test their girlfriends' fidelity, two men wager that they will remain steadfast. They subject the women to passionate onslaught, and in the end, the fortress of their faithfulness falls. The men, however, involved as they are in the experiment, failed to reckon that they too might betray their partners and feelings. All this cheating, confusing, lying – to others and oneself – is grotesquely comical and simultaneously cruel. One side is inclined not to think about the new situation (Guglielmo and Dorabella), while the others try to comprehend it to the point of exhaustion (Fiordiligi and Ferrando). The final ceremony seeks to cement the social status quo, bringing this new freedom to its knees. The marriage, however, is only for show, and beneath the surface of tradition, the first cracks appear.

Recording of the premiere from September 8, 2018 from the Hamburg State Opera

Production booklet

Further reading