Event Listing - Music, Theater
Fri Feb 15 - Sun Feb 24

West Bay Opera premieres

COSI FAN TUTTE by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Tel. 650-424-9999
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$15 - $50
Tickets
Box Office: 650-424-9999

Location
Date and Time
Lucie Stern Theatre
1305 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto, CA 94301 map
district: Palo Alto

Fri Feb 15 (8:00pm)
Sat Feb 16 (8:00pm)
Sun Feb 17 (2:00pm)
Fri Feb 22 (8:00pm)
Sat Feb 23 (8:00pm)

Description
Currently in the midst of 52nd annual season, West Bay Opera is about to unveil a new, fully staged version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's comic opera "Cosi fan tutte".

Set in Naples during the 1700s, "Cosi fan tutte" tells the charming tale of love and betrayal, with humorous misunderstandings that lead to an inevitable happy ending. This proverbial story is set into motion by the mischievous deeds of Don Alfonso who convinces two young officers to test the faithfulness of their girlfriends. Mozart wrote some of his most sublime operatic music for "Cosi fan tutte", as he and master librettist Lorenzo da Ponte poked fun at the Viennese Court's widespread practice of swapping girlfriends and boyfriends.

West Bay Opera's "Cosi fan tutte" will be performed in Italian with English titles. The opera will be conducted by Barbara Day Turner and directed by Douglas Nagel.