RBO 2027 - Cosi Fan Tutte

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.