Spurred on by
a bet, two young men hatch a plan to test the fidelity of their girlfriends.
What follows is a slippery game of seduction and power, the four lovers
plunging into a dizzying world of shifting reality, where truth becomes
increasingly unstable.

Così
fan tutte has
lost none of its sting since it first scandalised audiences in 1790. In her
Main Stage debut, Netia Jones, Associate Director of The Royal Opera,
reimagines Mozart’s comedy of manners through a sharp contemporary lens, where
18th-century romantic trickery meets deeply satirical high-tech deceit. Taking
on the roles of the lovers is an exciting young cast led by Louise Alder,
Simone McIntosh, Mingjie Lei and Huw Montague Rendall, with Gerald Finley as
their manipulative game-master Don Alfonso and Emily Pogorelc as Despina.
Thomas Hengelbrock conducts, bringing out the exquisite melodies that underpin
the provocative, and resolutely modern, themes at the heart of the opera.

Rating: TBC

Running time: 3 Hours 30 minutes (1 Interval)