Cosí Fan Tutte | Opera review

GlyndebourneMozart's final Italian comedy is a work that poses more questions than it answers. When sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella are tricked into swapping partners, does their willingness to junk previous commitments indicate their superficiality? Or have they merely abandoned conventional emotional modes imposed on them by upbringing? Does the fury of Ferrando and Guglielmo at their girlfriends' behaviour have deeper causes than self-regard? And what exactly does Don Alfonso gain from engin...

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