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Queen City Opera Presents Così fan tutte
Saturday, October 17 at Arts Center at Dunham, Cincinnati
About this event
Queen City Opera invites you and your family to "Così fan tutte!" What happens when love becomes an experiment? In Mozart’s razor-sharp comedy "Così fan tutte" ("The School for Lovers"), two young officers believe in their fiancées’ perfect fidelity until a cynical philosopher proposes a wager to prove otherwise. They return in disguise, targeting each other’s fiancées in a controlled experiment in temptation. As the lovers unknowingly pursue one another under false pretenses, what begins as a playful bet spirals into something far more unsettling and revealing.
Who's playing
Queen City Opera presents Mozart’s Così fan tutte, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. The announced principal cast includes Alea Louise Vernon as Fiordiligi, Lauren McAllister as Dorabella, Rachel Kobernick as Despina, Carlos Ahrens as Ferrando, Kade Bennett as Guglielmo, and Seoyong Lee as Don Alfonso, with Brian Robertson as stage director. (queencityopera.org)
What to expect
Così fan tutte follows two officers who, convinced of their fiancées’ perfect fidelity, accept a wager and return in disguise to tempt each other’s beloved. Queen City Opera’s description emphasizes the opera’s elegant wit, sparkling score, and darker questions about constancy, trust, and what people learn when love becomes an experiment. (queencityopera.org)
Why go
This Cincinnati performance offers a chance to hear one of Mozart’s major collaborations with Lorenzo Da Ponte, presented with full orchestral accompaniment and English supertitles for the Italian text. It is a strong fit for opera lovers and newcomers who want a classic score paired with a plot that moves beyond romantic mix-ups into sharper questions about human behavior. (queencityopera.org)
Where
Arts Center at Dunham · Cincinnati OHOpen in Maps
