The world is turned upside down for the four lovers of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte,” and Phelim McDermott’s new staging, a co-production with the English National Opera, which opened at the Metropolitan ...

For Mozart’s most complicated comedy? Don’t be naïve. Director Laura Attridge has bucked the trend in her new staging for English Touring Opera, and it’s bliss. Against the odds we find ourselves in a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte is not only about seduction – it is seduction. The audience is beguiled into three and a half hours of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. ETO has tailored the opera for wide appeal, but without condescension. This new production must be the ...

Yesterday, ousted Metropolitan Opera conductor James Levine filed suit against his erstwhile artistic home, claiming that his dismissal for sexual misconduct was only a smokescreen for a “longstanding ...

Lovely to look at and easy on the ear — English Touring Opera have given us a cosy Cosi. But a little more character and comic kick might have lifted it above the ordinary. The third of the Mozart/Da ...

Phelim McDermott’s extravaganza returns with winning principals and musical excellence Così Fan Tutte is always tricky. The comedy’s premise – two sisters being deceived into falling for each other’s ...