#Cosi fan tutte

[cuckolding-books-library]

The expression on your wife’s face meant, “Honey, you are here with us to serve us, to see that Aaron and I have the most wonderful vacation, for us, not for your personal enjoyment. It shouldn't be necessary to remind you this.”

[leporellian]

marriage of figaro: successful eldest child with an incredibly consistent work/life balance and happy go lucky attitude to the point that people envy them wildly for it

don giovanni: middle child that bucked everyone’s expectations and needs a therapist now and then but is just as if not more successful than eldest sibling

cosi fan tutte: underachieving youngest child that dropped out of college and lived off the grid for a while but is now back with a mildly successful gig career. nobody really knows how to feel about them and their “unique” sense of humor

the magic flute: weirdo half sibling that illustrates children’s books and is pretty popular with everyone despite dubious past mistakes. also might be in the freemasons and may or may not do shrooms

[boeing747]

i NEED to know what the graphic designer for the national theatre is doing w/ mozarts operas. ive never wanted to pick someones brain quite so much. what is the reason for this. what motivates you. who is this for ?

(i cant find the official poster for the marriage of figaro bc it hasnt premiered yet this year afaik but this is their promotional image for it)

[amadea-nachtmusik]

Mozart's Così fan tutte, K. 588

(1790)

[goin-down-singin]

Biting the bullet and posting a thing. This feels appropriate

(That's Guglielmo on the left and Ferrando on the right, to be clear)

[iwanttobeastranger]

[princesssarisa]

The Top 40 Most Popular Operas, Part 2 (#11 through #20)

A quick guide for newcomers to the genre, with links to online video recordings of complete performances, with English subtitles whenever possible.

Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus

The most famous Viennese operetta, a rollickling comedy set amid Vienna's high society.

Studio film, 1971 (Eberhard Wächter, Gundula Janowitz, Renate Holm, Waldemar Kmennt, Wolfgang Windgassen; conducted by Karl Böhm)

Mozart's Cosí Fan Tutte

A comedy of romantic partner-swapping, its cynical libretto juxtaposed with Mozarts sublime music.

Zürich Opera, 2009 (Malin Hartelius, Anna Bonitatibus, Javier Camarena, Ruben Drole, Martina Janková, Oliver Widmer; conducted by Franz Welser-Möst)

Verdi's Aida

The quintessential "grand opera": a tragedy of love vs. duty and country amid the pomp and pageantry of ancient Egypt, which inspired the Elton John/Tim Rice musical of the same name.

St. Margarethen Opera Festival, 2004 (Eszter Sümegi, Kostadin Andreev, Cornelia Helfricht, Igor Morosow; conducted by Josef Pancik)

Humperdinck's Hänsel & Gretel

The quintessential "children's opera," based on the classic fairy tale.

Studio film, 1981 (Brigitte Fassbaender, Edita Gruberova, Sena Jurinac, Hermann Prey, Helga Dernesch; conducted by Georg Solti)

Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore (The Elixir of Love)

A sweet romantic comedy in the Italian bel canto style.

Vienna State Opera, 2005 (Rolando Villazon, Anna Netrebko, Leo Nucci, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo; conducted by Alfred Eschwé)

Puccini's Turandot

A dark fairy tale of love and deadly riddles in ancient China: controversial in its Orientalism, but with thrilling music, including the ever-famous tenor aria "Nessun dorma."

Opera Hong Kong, 2018 (Oksana Dyka, Alfred Kim, Valeria Sepe, George Andguladze; conducted by Paolo Olmi)

Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)

Another iconic example of Viennese comic operetta.

Metropolitan Opera, 2014 (Renée Fleming, Nathan Gunn, Kelli O'Hara, Alek Shrader, Thomas Allen; conducted by Andrew Davis) (sung in English)

Act I, Act II, Act III

Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

The most famous of all Russian operas, based on Alexander Pushkin's great verse novel of unrequited love.

Kirov Opera, 1984 (Sergei Leiferkus, Tatiana Novikova, Yuri Marusin, Larissa Diadkova; conducted by Yuri Temirkanov)

Verdi's Nabucco

The grand Biblical opera, based on the story of Nebuchadnezzar, that first launched Verdi to fame.

St. Margarethen Opera Festival, 2007 (Igor Morosow, Gabriella Morigi, Bruno Ribiero, Elisabeth Kulman, Simon Yang; conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer) (click CC for subtitles)

Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

The world's most famous fairy tale reimagined as a "realistic" comedy of manners with sparkling bel canto music.

Studio film, 1981 (Frederica von Stade, Francisco Araiza, Paolo Montarsolo, Claudio Desderi, Paul Plishka; conducted by Claudio Abbado)

[emjee]

Anyone got strong preferences about audio recordings of the Mozart/Da Ponte operas?

[ultra-francesca-mercury]

january 26

1790

The Mozart opera Cosi Fan Tutte opens at the Burgtheater in Vienna.

[vera-dauriac]

Happy Cosi premiere day!!! I'm celebrating with the 2006 Salzburg and enjoying it very much.

[cuckolding-books-library]

Honey, I think that your boss would like me to wear just stockings and a suspender belt under my dress, no bra and no panties; don’t you agree? Isn’t it what you want too?

[cartridgeconverter]

Okay wait the original lyrics to Fernando are actually very Così fan tutte coded

(Why did they change it to be about the Mexican Revolution??)

[elviracore]

i think it’s more entertaining to interpret the plot of cosi fan tutte (if you ignore the fact that they’re sisters) as an elaborate polycule fetish game

[carovisetto]

Miah Persson as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Salzburg 2009

[iwanttobeastranger]

[princesssarisa]

I think I once asked this before, but since tomorrow I'm going to see a concert of this opera, I thought I'd ask it again.