Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte
The Met: Live in HD season kicks off with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love, one of the composer’s most sublime creations. Phelim McDermott’s “colorful, inventive” (The New York Times) staging, inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, sets the uproarious story at a boardwalk amusement park, where the two pairs of lovers at the heart of the tale find themselves on one emotional—and literal—thrill ride after another. Soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey sing Fiordiligi and Dorabella, opposite tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Ferrando and Guglielmo. Bass-baritone Gerald Finley reprises his portrayal of the cynical Don Alfonso, with soprano Ana María Martínez as the witty maid Despina. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
Pre-Show Performance & Lecture
Presented by Penn State Opera Theatre
Join us at 12:30pm for a pre-show performance and lecture by the Penn State Opera Theatre program.
Speaker: Abigail Conklin, M.A. Musicology candidate
Abigail Conklin, musicologist
Juliana Child, soprano
Audrey Heimark, soprano
Tiah Maswood, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Stark, tenor
Jonah Glunt, pianist
Performances:
“In uomini, in soldati” from Così fan tutte
“L’ho perduta” from Le nozze di Figaro
“Batti, batti, o bel Masetto” from Don Giovanni
“Son reo; l’error confesso” from Mitridate, rè di Ponto
“Un’aura amorosa” from Così fan tutte
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