Così fan tutte

Of all Mozart's operas, Così fan tutte is certainly the one in which eroticism emerges most clearly. What has to do with the lesson in love is embodied here in a soundtrack of infinite delicacy. The combinatorial effect of the libretto revels in the permutations that arise from the situations (the three men, the three women, the three couples...) and offers Mozart an incredible variety of situations and vocal ensembles (from duet to sextet). The music follows the breathless rhythm of the libretto and all the psychological registers through which the protagonists pass, from sensual confusion to the most assertive assurance.

For this new production, we find the director Laurent Pelly (who delighted us three seasons ago with a Barber of great refinement) and the conductor Emmanuelle Haïm, who needs no introduction here as the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées has been her home in Paris for a long time. Both have known each other since a certain Giulio Cesare at the Paris Opera and share this taste for theatricality, of which Così is one of the finest examples. For the occasion, we shall find a dream team of singers. Let us see: honours to the ladies with the duo Vannina Santoni (blonde Fiordiligi) and Gaëlle Arquez (brunette Dorabella), alternately courted by Cyrille Dubois' Ferrando and Florian Sempey's Guglielmo. Laurent Naouri will play the reconciling figure of Alfonso with the panache we know him for.

NEW PRODUCTION
COPRODUCTION Théâtre des Champs-Elysées | théâtre de Caen | Tokyo Nikikai Opera Fondation | Pacific Opera Victoria
En partenariat avec france.tv
France Musique broadcasts this opera 

Avec le soutien de Madame Aline Foriel-Destezet, Mécène principale des opéras mis en scène au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées