Cosí fan tutte - W.A. Mozart
Staged July 2015 at the Independent Theatre & August 2016 with Penrith Symphony Orchestra in Italian with English surtitles
“The passion was palpable. If you like the razor-edged wit of Shakespeare’s comedies, you’re bound to like Cosí and, if you like Cosí, you’re bound to be very amused and impressed by Operantics’ reading. ‘Bravo!’ and ‘encore!’”
Synopsis
Spoiled sisters, Fiordiligi and Dorabella, are put to the test when their fiancés Guglielmo and Ferrando make a bet with their friend, the worldly and cynical Don Alfonso, that their women will always be faithful to them. Will the temptation prove too great?
Add Despina, the girls' scheming employee, into the mix along with some truly magnificent moustaches, and the stage is set for a hilarious series of mishaps and misunderstandings.
Cast
Ferrando - Dave Smith
Guglielmo - Tristan Entwistle
Don Alfonso - Ian Warwick
Fiordiligi - Joelene Griffith
Dorabella - Katie Miller-Crispe
Despina - Samanta Lestavel
John Kilkeary 2015-2016
Creative Team
“The Independent Theatre in North Sydney last night rang to the sound of impressive operatic voices, as the newly formed company Operantics debuted its first production: a hilarious, modern Australian—but Italian-language—version of Cosí fan tutte”
Director - Victoria Watson
Producer - Katie Miller-Crispe
Piano - Nathaniel Kong
Stage Manager - Kyle Stephens
Diction Coach - Samanta Lestavel
Production Photography - John Kilkeary
Surtitles - Tristan Entwistle
Surtitle Operator - Stephanie Jones
With Thanks To
Paul Chegwidden, Susan Heming, John Kilkeary, Liam Kinney, Victoria Parsons, Joseph Restubog, Dean Sinclair, Geoff Sirmai, Rory Struthers, Ghillian Sullivan, Josephine Flores Tam