Opera Queensland 2023 Season Tickets are now available to purchase.
Opera Queensland Così fan tutte
10 - 26 Aug 2023
Playhouse, QPAC
2 hours 50 minutes
(including interval, subject to change without notice)
$75 - $165 *
* A transaction fee of $7.20 applies.
Season Announcements
oqcosifantutte23 Così fan tutte Opera Queensland Opera Opera Queensland Così fan tutte
10 - 26 Aug 2023
Playhouse, QPAC
Overview
What is love? What is fidelity?
The third in the Mozart — Da Ponte trilogy, Così fan tutte questions the idea of romantic love in all its many guises.
Is it an illusion or the source of all our happiness? Can we long for another and be faithful to our betrothed? Is romantic love a privilege only for the young?
Zoe Zeniodi leads the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and an ensemble of some of Australia’s most exciting singers in this new production directed by Patrick Nolan.
Building on the success of 2021’s The Marriage of Figaro, described as an “outstanding illustration of the joys of 18th century opera transported into the 21st”, this version of Così fan tutte will again reveal just how modern Mozart is.
Special Events
Pre-Performance Talks
- Sat 12 Aug 2023, 6:30 PM
- Thu 17 Aug 2023, 6:30 PM
- Sat 19 Aug 2023, 6:30 PM
- Thu 24 Aug 2023, 6:30 PM
Complimentary pre-performance talks are free to attend, will commence 1 hour before each performance noted on 12, 17, 19, 24, and 26 August, and last approximately 25 minutes. The talk will take place inside the Playhouse Theatre.
Cast and Creatives
Creative Team
Conductor Zoe Zeniodi
Director Patrick Nolan
Sets & Costume Elizabeth Gadsby
Lighting Bernie Tan-Hayes
Assistant Director Laura Hansford
Cast
Fiordiligi Samantha Clarke
Dorabella Anna Dowsley
Guglielmo Jeremy Kleeman
Ferrando Brenton Spiteri
Despina Leanne Kenneally
Don Alfonso Shaun Brown
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
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