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COSI FAN TUTTE (The Way of Women)
Reviews from past productions:
"Pippin's mark in posterity will come as translator. His English version of Cosi is by far the best I have found."
- Oakland Tribune
“Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte’ is as beautiful as it is funny, and both aspects were realized in Pocket Opera’s performance”
- The Berkeley Gazette
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Two young soldiers are greatly enamored of two fair sisters, whom they regard as the quintessence of beauty and virtue. In turn, the two sisters reciprocate, believing each of the men to be the embodiment of perfection.
Don Alfonso, their older (and dare we say wiser?) friend, foresees danger ahead and resolves to bring the two couples down to earth, and to a more solid, more realistic basis for future happiness. The result is a wager, which the two soldiers, convinced that their sweethearts are totally immune to temptation, regard not as a test of their virtue, but as a glorious opportunity to show it off. What if they pretend to depart, summoned by the call of duty, and return in disguise, each with the plan to woo the others girl? A decidedly risky idea. This stage is set for an unforeseen journey into previously unsuspected areas of the human heart, illuminated by some of Mozart's most exquisite, most playful, most sublime music.
With Jos Milton and Nathaniel Hackmann, as the naïvely idealistic soldiers; Marcelle Dronkers and Kindra Scharich, as the equally naïve sisters; Lee Strawn as the older man whom some would call cynical, others would call realistic, and Eileen Morris as the maid servant whom few would accuse of idealism.
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PERFORMER: Marcelle Dronkers |
PERFORMER: Kindra Scharich |
PERFORMER: Lee Strawn |
PERFORMER: Nathaniel Hackmann |
