Cosi Fan Tutte backdrop

Cosi Fan Tutte 2006 Directed by Karl-Ernst Herrmann

There are elements of Eurotrash in this outdoor Aix-en-Provence summer opera production. Nevertheless, the splendid singing and acting transform the story, normally treated as farce, into something considerably more serious. As many other critics have noted, the young lovers have not yet sorted everything out as this performance ends. Act One begins with the principal characters running around in the outdoor theater -- while the audience takes it in as if they had been advised to sit back and enjoy the novelty. Very likely they were also asked to refrain from applauding at the end of arias and ensemble pieces, in which the three-hour opera abounds.

Countries Austria , USA
Production Country Austria
Language English
Spoken Language Italian
Gnere Music
Production Company Decca
Release Date 6 June 2006
182 mins