Così Fan Tutte, Glyndebourne Festival Opera

A magnetic Fiordiligi at the centre of Mozart's game that is not a game

by Ismene BrownSunday, 23 May 2010

Nick Hytner's production of 'Così fan tutte': from a cool start to a blazingly tense endAll photographs Mike Hoban/Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Cosi fan tutte’s arc of human experience is peculiarly effective when heard at Glyndebourne. With the mid-way picnic and wine in the setting sun, how much more aware are you of how easy it is as a day goes by to take leave of one’s senses and behave in a very silly way with serious consequences. Most seriously, to discover things about oneself that one did not want to know.

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