Cosi Fan Tutte

Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte Staging Jean-Yves Ruf Musical direction Julien Chauvin With Le Concert de la Loge 20h 15h on Sunday Estimated duration 3h with interval In Italian, surtitled in French from age 11 Set design Laure Pichat Costumes Claudia Jenatsch Artistic collaboration Julien GirardeFiordiligi Elizaveta Shuvalova, soprano Dorabella Sofia Anisimova, mezzo-soprano Despina Fantine Douilly, soprano Ferrando Abel Zamora, tenor Guglielmo Pierre Gennaï, baritone Don Alfonso Max Latarjet, bass

Following the success of Don Giovanni, the Athénée welcomes the continuation of the trilogy that Da Ponte wrote for Mozart, with Così fan tutte, in a staging by Jean-Yves Ruf. On stage, the 32 instrumentalists of Le Concert de la Loge, conducted by Julien Chauvin, mingle with six young opera singers discovered by l'Arcal. Between laughter and sarcasm, this opera questions the constancy of feelings, temptation and the play of appearances. The story is simple, the challenge dizzying. Two young officers, Ferrando and Guglielmo, confident in the fidelity of their fiancées, accept a cynical wager: to put their love to the test. Disguised and guided by the irony of Don Alfonso and the mischief of Despina, they will each try to seduce the other's betrothed. Beneath the mask of play and disguise, certainties waver.