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DESCRIPTION:Introduction\nDoes one have to be young and inexperienced to st
 ill believe in love? In Così fan tutte\, the cynical Don Alfonso claims i
 t is absurd to believe in the fidelity of women and he dares two young mea
 n\, Ferrando and Guglielmo\, to put their beloved Fiordiligi and Dorabella
  to the test. The game he sets up with the help of Despina - and all the â
 €˜dressing-up’ that ensues - is truly fascinating to behold… as it unf
 olds… Yes\, the couples do get back together. But nothing is ever the sa
 me again...\nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart\nAmong Mozart’s major operas\, CosÃ
 ¬ fan tutte (1790) is the one whose origins we know least about. What is k
 nown is that it was commissioned by the National Theatre of Vienna and tha
 t Mozart was then grappling with great financial woes\, some of which due 
 to his wife’s illness. Cultural life in Vienna had come to a standstill 
 with the onset of war against the Turks. Thanks to Michael Puchberg\, his 
 Lodge brother and lender in time of need\, Mozart was able to undertake co
 mposing Così fan tutte in the late summer or early autumn of 1798. Mozart
  found himself provided with three great libretti by Lorenzo da Ponte\, wh
 o had largely been inspired by literary or dramatic sources. As regards Co
 sì fan tutte\, history tells of only one (literary) source although\, as 
 hearsay goes\, it was Emperor Joseph in person who suggested the theme fol
 lowing an incident in the courtly circles of Vienna. The veracity of this 
 anecdotal account has never been established\, but da Ponte did find in cl
 assical mythology and existing writings enough examples for his libretto. 
 Ovid\, Cervantes\, Ariosto\, as well as Tirso de Molina\, Marivaux and Sad
 e\, can be suggested as sources of inspiration for putting the faithfulnes
 s of love to the test. Così fan tutte was\, after Le Nozze di Figaro and 
 Don Giovanni\, the third collaboration between Mozart and da Ponte. Mozart
  sketched out a multi-layered work\, merging elements of opera seria and o
 pera buffa into a whole\, wherein the baroque rhetoric co-exists with a pr
 onounced symphonic dimension. But Mozart’s ‘master stroke’ lies in t
 he tension he creates between the text and the music… and their seemingl
 y endless contradictions. Although the ‘immoral’ nature of the ‘expe
 riment’ would not raise any eyebrows today\, Così fan tutte nevertheles
 s remains disturbing… largely due to the enthralling beauty of the music
 al score.
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SUMMARY:Così fan tutte - Opera
URL:http://www.lamonnaie.be/en/opera/251/Cosi-fan-tutte
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