The story unfolds in a lavish hotel amidst the beginning of the First World War.Artistic Director of Opera Santa Barbara Jose Maria Condemi directs this revival following his most recent success with the Company-staging the world premiere production of The Secret Garden at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall this past March. Robert Perdziola’s production, which premiered at San Francisco Opera in 2005, re-envisions Mozart’s operain a Mediterranean resort town in 1914. This production marks the final opera in the Mozart/Da Ponte trilogy to be led by Nicola Luisotti following Le Nozze di Figaro in 2010 and Don Giovanni in 2011. Music Director Nicola Luisotti conducts and Jose Maria Condemi directs this whimsical San Francisco Opera/Opéra de Monte-Carlo co-production. Completing the cast is Susannah Biller as Despina and Marco Vinco as Don Alfonso. The strong ensemble cast-entirely composed of artists making stage role debuts-is led by Ellie Dehn as Fiordiligi and Christel Lötzsch as Dorabella opposite Francesco Demuro as Ferrando and Philippe Sly as Guglielmo.

Opening Jat the War Memorial Opera House, Così fan tutte will be presented in seven performances through July 1. SAN FRANCISCO (May 30, 2013)-An ingenious mix of hilarious farce and poignant drama, Mozart’s Così fan tutte, set to a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, follows two young soldiers who disguise their identities to test their lovers’ fidelity.

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