Screening of The Royal Opera's staging of Mozart's 'Cosi Fan Tutte', directed by Netia Jones and conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock, with English subtitles.
The Royal Opera's production of Così fan tutte comes to Storyhouse Cinema on Tuesday 23 February, as part of the venue's 'Stage & Exhibition on Screen' programme. It's a cinema screening of the Royal Opera's staging, so you're seeing the full production from the big screen rather than a live performance on stage.
Così fan tutte is Mozart's comedy of manners, and it's a bit of a notorious one: it first scandalised audiences when it premiered in 1790. This particular staging is directed by Netia Jones, and it marks her Main Stage debut at The Royal Opera. She's reimagined the story through a sharp contemporary lens, where 18th-century romantic trickery meets satirical high-tech deceit. The performance is in Italian with English subtitles, and CAP captioned performances are available.
On the cast, Gerald Finley takes on Don Alfonso, with Emily Pogorelc as Despina. The younger roles are led by Louise Alder, Simone McIntosh, Mingjie Lei and Huw Montague Rendall, and the whole thing is conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock. It's a big ensemble to follow across the screen, so it's worth knowing who's who before you settle in.
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The screening starts at 6:45pm and runs for about three and a half hours, including an interval. Tickets are £19.05 for members and £21 for non-members; under 16s pay £14.55, or £16 for non-members, and the Young Storyhouse Card gets you the same £14.55 rate. It's part of the wider 'Stage & Exhibition on Screen' series at Storyhouse, which brings Royal Ballet & Opera, National Theatre Live and the Berliner Philharmoniker to Chester.
