The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series (23 Feb)
A light-hearted evening of merriment and romance
Two young women, their lovers, and a bet that all women do it.
Mozart’s most popular comic opera Così Fan Tutte, the final work in the famous Da Ponte trio, has been declared a jewel in the repertoire of the famed Bavarian State Opera, one of the world’s leading opera houses. The magical simplicity of Dieter Dorn’s direction and Jürgen Rose’s elegant design perfectly complement the story about two army officers who attempt to woo each other’s fiancés to disprove a wager that all women are fickle.
That this opera will be a highlight of the 40th Festival is a safe bet.
Performed in Italian with English and Chinese surtitles
Approx 3 hrs 35 mins incl one 30-min interval
Related Festival PLUS programme(s)
Opera for Teachers
Opera for Students
Before Così
Backstage at Così
Audience Building and Education for German Opera and Chinese Opera
Wilfried Hösl
Conductor
MARK WIGGLESWORTH WITH THE BAVARIAN STATE ORCHESTRA
Director
DIETER DORN
Designer
JÜRGEN ROSE
Music
W A MOZART
Libretto
LORENZO DA PONTE
Fiordiligi
MIAH PERSSON
SERENA FARNOCCHIA
Dorabella
TARA ERRAUGHT
ANGELA BROWER
Ferrando
ALEXEY KUDRYA
EMANUELE D’AGUANNO
Guglielmo
LEVENTE MOLNAR
MATTHIAS HAUSMANN
Despina
ANNA VIROVLANSKY
LAURA TATULESCU
Alfonso
THOMAS ALLEN
PIETRO SPAGNOLI
Wilfried Hösl
Bavarian State Opera
The Bavarian State Opera (BSO), the court opera of Munich, has been host to the greatest composers and performers to ever live since coming into existence in the mid-17th century. Farinelli frequently sang there and many Mozart operas played there including two premiers — his opera buffa were particularly successful becoming fixtures of the house. The BSO was reinvigorated with flourishing German Singspiel in the early 19th century and King Ludwig II of Bavaria, a devoted patron of Richard Wagner, gave the house a historical legacy, with Tristan und Isolde and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg premiering there in 1865 and 1868 respectively. It has also been headed by a lineage of some of the most distinguished musicians in history, including Hans von Bülow, Richard Strauss, Hans Knappertsbusch and Georg Solti.
