THE BRONX OPERA Presents
COSI FAN TUTTE by W.A. Mozart
(4 performances – 2 evenings, 2 matinees)
Saturdays, April 25 and May 3 at 7:30 PM
Sundays, April 27 and May 4 at 2:30 PM
Lovinger Theater at Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West, Bronx NY
Tickets: orchestra $43.30 mezzanine $32.90
Reservations:
Bronx Opera Presents: Così fan tutte
| Bronx Opera Presents: Così fan tutteTickets are available now! Dates: Apr 26 – May 04 2025 |
Cast, Principals:
Fiordiligi: Alina Tamborini / Samantha Long
Dorabella: Linda Collazo / Miastasha Gonzalez-Colon
Guglielmo: Brian J. Alvarado / Johannes Linneballe
Ferrando: Gabriel Enrique Hernandez / Matthew youngblood
Despina: Caroline Tye / Emily Hughes
Don Alfonso: Samuel Rachmuth / Michael Niemann
Chorus: John Carr, Victoria Falcone, Anneke Honor, Kira Neary, Cophelia Pertez, Aaron Petrovich, Zachary Tirgan
Conductors: Michael Spierman / Eric Kramer
Stage Director: Benjamin Spierman
Set Designer: Kyle Higgins
Lighting Designer: Joshua Rose
Costume Designer: Eric Lamp
Chorus Master: Michael C. Haigler
The Bronx Opera is proud to present Mozart’s opera buffa in two acts, Cosi fan tutte, which has been translated to “So do they all” or “Women are like that”. Four performances, April 26 & 27 and May 3 & 4 at Lehman College’s Lovinger Theater in The Bronx
Mozart’s comic masterpiece, performed in English by The Bronx Opera, was premiered January 26, 1790 at Burgtheater in Vienna. Libretto is by Lorenzo Da Ponte, who also wrote Mozart’s Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro.
The story begins with experimental philosopher Don Alfonso attempting to overturn the perfect worlds of two young men, Ferrando and Gugliemo. He bets them that both their fiancées will not stay faithful if tempted, and the challenge is accepted.
The fiancées, Fiordiligi and Dorabella, discover that their lovers are leaving to go to war, and suddenly two handsome strangers (Ferrando and Gugliemo in disguise) arrive on a mission of seduction. As Don Alfonso ups the ante and throws increasingly extreme situations at all four lovers, they begin to react emotionally and each character reveals who he or she really is. Who will end up with whom?
The subject matter did not offend Viennese sensibilities of the time, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was considered risque, vulgar, and even immoral. The opera was rarely performed, but after World War II it regained a place in the standard operatic repertoire and is now frequently performed.
The Bronx Opera’s performances of Cosi fan tutte are part of the New York Opera Alliance (NYOA) season, which features performances in various venues by several local opera companies, opening with The Bronx Opera and running through June 30th. The consortium of NYC opera companies and producers was established to enhance and support the visibility and viability of opera in NYC. Founded in 2011, NYOA has grown from 13 organizations to close to 50, and has been fiscally sponsored by OPERA America.
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