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An ageless mirror, an inexhaustible handbook for life

Marc Minkowski and Ivan Alexandre have taken up an ambitious and novel challenge: that of making the three operas written by Lorenzo Da Ponte and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – which resemble the tessellae of a splendid mosaic – into three-part series which will be staged four times.

Each opera is a masterpiece in its own right but they also have several features in common: respect for the unities of classical drama (unity of place, time and action) and the similarities between the characters (Countess-Donna Elvira / Don Giovanni-Count, and so on). Thus each libretto appears in its true colours when the opera is seen in conjunction with the other two because certain traits are completed and clarified.

Staging them one after the other, as in a festival, affords the audience new insights by enabling them to immerse themselves in the turbulent lives of the motley gallery of characters. All the women share the suffering caused by the violence of the male characters. Their only refuge is feminine solidarity and their menfolk, after abusing their freedom, are invariably met with forgiveness.

This new perspective brings new meanings to light, confronting the audience with the notion of seduction and raising crucial questions such as: “What does it mean to be a man or a woman in present-day society?”, “What limits do we put on our desires?”, “What does it mean to form a couple today?” or “What are the consequences of our impulses and of abuse?”.

For seduction lies at the core of this trilogy, which is an ageless mirror, an inexhaustible handbook for life, and a folle journée as well, during which così fan tutt(i), while all voices unite to sing "Viva la libertà!".

PARADISE: reconciliation

Così fan tutte

World premiere: 26/01/1790 at the Burgtheater, Vienna.
Barcelona premiere: 04/11/1798 at the Teatre de la Santa Creu.
Liceu premiere: 04/01/1930.
Last Liceu performance: 30/05/2015.
Total number of Liceu performances: 62 

Artistic profile

Stage director

Ivan Alexandre

Set design

Antoine Fontaine

Stage director assistant

Romain Gilbert

Costume design

Antoine Fontaine

Lighting

Ivan Alexandre, Antoine Fontaine and Tobias Hagström Ståhl

Stage director assistant

Anna Ponces

Production

Drottningholms Slottsteater

Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Pablo Assante, director)

Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Conductor

Marc Minkowski

Cast

Fiordiligi	Ana-Maria Labin	9th,13th April
	Iulia Maria Dan	21th,25th April
Dorabella	Angela Brower	9th,13th,25th April
	Arianna Vendittelli	21th (19:00) April
	Anna Ponces	21th (19:00) April
Ferrando	Julien Henric	9th April
	James Ley	13th,21th,25th April
Guglielmo	Florian Sempey
Despina	Miriam Albano
Don Alfonso	Alexandre Duhamel

Debut Liceu

Ana-Maria Labin

Iulia Maria Dan

Arianna Vendittelli

Angela Brower

Anna Ponces

Julien Henric

Florian Sempey

James Ley

Robert Gleadow

Miriam Albano

Alexandre Duhamel

Cast Changes

• On the performance of April 13th the part of Guglielmo is performed by baritone Florian Sempey due to Robert Gledow's muscle injury.
• On the performance of April 21st:
  • The part of Fiordiligi is performed by Iulia Maria Dan, replacing Ana-Maria Labin.
  • The part of Dorabella is sang by Arianna Vendittelli and performed by Anna Ponces, replacing Angela Brower.
  • The part of Guglielmo is performed by Florian Sempey, replacing Robert Gledow.
• On the performance of April 25th:
  • The part of Fiordiligi is performed by Iulia Maria Dan, replacing Ana-Maria Labin.
  • The part of Guglielmo is performed by Florian Sempey, replacing Robert Gledow.