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The broadcast of the new production of Cosė Fan Tutte live from Glyndebourne celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
For his first opera in Britain in over a decade, director of the National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner, has created a musically accomplished production of real psychological depth.
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Read the reviews about Cosė Fan Tutte at Glyndebourne so far:
The Independent 28/05/06
Dressed in shades of sand and stone by Vicki Mortimer, and bathed in summer light by Paule Constable, Hytner's period production marries elegance, farce, and psychological acuity. The four lovers, Fiordiligi (Miah Persson), Dorabella (Anke Vondung), Ferrando (Topi Lehtipuu), and Guglielmo (Luca Pisaroni), have been cast so that every line of the ensembles is exquisitely balanced, and so that the simmering sexual attraction on which the plot depends is entirely believable.
 Review in the Independent
The Independent 23/05/06
The fleeting exchange of glances in the final seconds of Nicholas Hytner's new Glyndebourne production of Cosi fan tutte does more than suggest that new infatuations will not easily be shaken off: the pupils in Mozart's "School for Lovers" may have learnt the hardest lesson of all - that love is fragile, and you toy with it at your peril. It's one of many tiny details in Hytner's staging that make this the closest thing to a Method Cosi that I have ever seen in the theatre.
Review in the Independent
The Guardian 22/05/06
Rather than allowing Ferrando and Guglielmo (Topi Lehtipuu and Luca Pisaroni) the usual measure of comic absurdity when they don their disguises to begin their games of seduction, Hytner re-introduces them as a pair of glamorous Byronic brigands, whose sexuality is an unstoppable force. It's a touch of genius that allows us to understand not only why Ainhoa Garmendia's coldly rational Despina finds their poses so absurd, but also why Fiordiligi and Dorabella (Miah Persson and Anke Vondung) are so swiftly swept off their feet.
Review in the Guardian
The Stage 22/05/06
Glyndebourne celebrates Mozart's 250th anniversary by opening its season with this new production of Cosi, which also marks director Nicholas Hytner's first opera in the UK in more than a decade. It is a very welcome return. His staging, with delicate period designs by Vicki Mortimer, subtly lit by Paule Constable, is visually elegant and probes this most complex of comedies with intelligence and perception.
Review in the Stage
The Times 20/05/06
Mozart's exquisite and menacing game of pairs is played out within a setting of understated classical simplicity. Yet Vicki Mortimer's pale ochre and grey villa, with its azure skyscape stunningly lit by Paule Constable, is slashed by the scarlet of cuffs and the glint of swords. And the balm of the music is battered by stinging accents from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducted by Ivan Fischer, making an impressive Glyndebourne debut.
Review in the Times
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