CUOS presents Così fan tutte
Cambridge University Opera Society
Così fan Tutte
W. A. Mozart
Sun 21 June 2015
tTickets £12, £10, £5
Così fan tutte has all the charm, wit and appeal of a Shakespeare comedy: the gender politics, the gentle satire of social hierarchy, the absurd disguises, the ‘wife-swapping’, and the sparkling dénouement, all of which have made this opera not only one of Mozart’s most famous, but one of the most performed operas in the canon.
The glorious score includes some of Mozart’s most expressive lyrical arias, some of his most virtuosic coloratura writing, and two dazzling finales which show his genius for comic ensemble counterpoint at its best.
This production uses an English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin, and updates the action to a group of Cambridge students in the ‘Golden Summer of 1914’, to demonstrate that until the First World War, European society was little different to that which Mozart would have recognised, with its bourgeois acceptance of gender roles, social standing and jingoistic militarism.
A group of naïve Cambridge students with their tangled relationships and gullible over-emotionalism, before a backdrop of distant war, presents the perfect opportunity to make this production not merely a witty evening of Mozartian effulgence, but an original take on the social satire which is so characteristic of Da Ponte’s libretti.
Venue info
Trinity College Chapel
Trinity College
Trinity Street
Cambridge
CB2 1TQ
Jack Hawkins, Director
Edward Reeve, Musical Director
Anna-Luise Wagner, Despina
By kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin
Video made by Blazej Mikula
www.bmikula.com
Così fan Tutte
W. A. Mozart
Sun 21 June 2015
tTickets £12, £10, £5
Così fan tutte has all the charm, wit and appeal of a Shakespeare comedy: the gender politics, the gentle satire of social hierarchy, the absurd disguises, the ‘wife-swapping’, and the sparkling dénouement, all of which have made this opera not only one of Mozart’s most famous, but one of the most performed operas in the canon.
The glorious score includes some of Mozart’s most expressive lyrical arias, some of his most virtuosic coloratura writing, and two dazzling finales which show his genius for comic ensemble counterpoint at its best.
This production uses an English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin, and updates the action to a group of Cambridge students in the ‘Golden Summer of 1914’, to demonstrate that until the First World War, European society was little different to that which Mozart would have recognised, with its bourgeois acceptance of gender roles, social standing and jingoistic militarism.
A group of naïve Cambridge students with their tangled relationships and gullible over-emotionalism, before a backdrop of distant war, presents the perfect opportunity to make this production not merely a witty evening of Mozartian effulgence, but an original take on the social satire which is so characteristic of Da Ponte’s libretti.
Venue info
Trinity College Chapel
Trinity College
Trinity Street
Cambridge
CB2 1TQ
Jack Hawkins, Director
Edward Reeve, Musical Director
Anna-Luise Wagner, Despina
By kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin
Video made by Blazej Mikula
www.bmikula.com
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