Mozart: Così fan tutte

Barbara Frittoli; Angelica Kirchschlager; Bo Skoyhus; Michael Schade; Monica Bacelli; Alessandro Corbelli; Ricardo Muti, conductor
Orchestra and Choir of the Wiener Staatsoper
Ricardo Muti

Riccardo Muti's conducting of one of Mozart's most beloved operas was hailed in the press for its "freshness, rapidity and wit" and for "its wonderfully balanced feeling of being up one moment and down the next". Muti's authoritative approach to Mozart's music and the remarkably homogeneous team of international soloists was equally applauded. The outstanding performances by four of today's leading Mozart singers - Barbara Frittoli Angelika Kirchschlager, Bo Skovhus and Michael Schade, was equally supported by the thoroughly musical approach to Mozart's score taken by director Roberto de Simone. Cosí fan tutte is on of Mozart's most beloved operas and it is renowned for it freshness, rapidity and wit. Così was written quickly, over the autumn and winter months 1789 and premiered on January 26, 1790, on the eve of the Mozart's 34th birthday. Muti gives both the musicians and the audience time to appreciate Mozart's music in all its beauty, formal mastery and, above all, in the endless variety of its depiction of human foibles. He manages to achieve a wonderful and entirely Mozartian balance between seriousness and comedy, between depth of emotion and Mediterranean light-heartedness. A co-production of Wiener Staatsoper with the Wiener Festwochen, this performance was recorded live at the Theater an der Wien in 1996 and captures a grand night of opera.

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[richardvergara]

Is it me or does Barbara Frittoli sound like Carol Vaness???....

[guavaflower1]

My favorite symphonic director

[TedMichaelMorgan]

Wow, a great discovery.

[Rhejcka]

Thanks for posting. I´ve seen this Cosí at least 12 times, or even more often. What an awsome production!

[SwingingdoorSusie]

Thank you so much for posting this! I love this Cosi but one can not get it as Dvd, so I'm thankful for every second I can watch from it.