Royal Opera 2026/7: Così fan Tutte (12A)
Spurred on by
a bet, two young men hatch a plan to test the fidelity of their girlfriends.
What follows is a slippery game of seduction and power, the four lovers
plunging into a dizzying world of shifting reality, where truth becomes
increasingly unstable.
Così fan tutte has lost none of its sting since it first scandalised audiences in 1790. In her Main Stage debut, Netia Jones, Associate Director of The Royal Opera, reimagines Mozart’s comedy of manners through a sharp contemporary lens, where 18th-century romantic trickery meets deeply satirical high-tech deceit.
Taking on the roles of the lovers is an exciting young cast led by Louise Alder, Simone McIntosh, Mingjie Lei and Huw Montague Rendall, with Gerald Finley as their manipulative game-master Don Alfonso and Emily Pogorelc as Despina.
Thomas Hengelbrock conducts, bringing out the exquisite melodies that underpin the provocative, and resolutely modern, themes at the heart of the opera.
Live from Covent Garden on Tuesday 23rd February
Approximate runtime: 3h 30min / 210min, One
Interval
Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
Cast:
Fiordiligi LOUISE ALDER
Dorabella SIMONE MCINTOSH
Ferrando MINGJIE LEI
Guglielmo HUW MONTAGUE RENDALL
Don Alfonso GERALD FINLEY
Despina EMILY POGORELC
Creatives:
Music WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Conductor THOMAS HENGELBROCK
Director NETIA JONES
Set Designer HYEMI SHIN
Costume Designers NETIA JONES, HYEMI SHIN
Lighting Designer LUCY CARTER
Movement Director ANNA MORRISSEY