W.A. Mozart: Cosi fan tutte DVD 2003 All Women Do It / Directed by Georg Wübbolt / Text and Narration by Sir Peter Ustinov / The Salzburg Marionette Theatre / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Conducted by Sir Georg Solti

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AUDIO: English 5.1, German 5.1, French 5.1, English 2.0, German 2.0, French 2.0

SUBTITLES: -

TOTAL RUNTIME: 125 minutes

English Summary:

Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti, K. 588, is an Italian-language opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte who also wrote Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni.

Although it is commonly held that Così fan tutte was written and composed at the suggestion of the Emperor Joseph II, recent research does not support this idea. There is evidence that Mozart's contemporary Antonio Salieri tried to set the libretto but left it unfinished. In 1994, John Rice uncovered two terzetti by Salieri in the Austrian National Library.

The short title, Così fan tutte, literally means "So do they all", using the feminine plural (tutte) to indicate women. It is usually translated into English as "Women are like that". The words are sung by the three men in act 2, scene 13, just before the finale; this melodic phrase is also quoted in the overture to the opera. Da Ponte had used the line "Così fan tutte le belle" earlier in Le nozze di Figaro (in act 1, scene 7).

Sir Georg Solti, KBE (born György Stern; 21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) was a Hungarian-born orchestral and operatic conductor, best known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Born in Budapest, he studied there with Béla Bartók, Leó Weiner and Ernő Dohnányi. In the 1930s, he was a répétiteur at the Hungarian State Opera and worked at the Salzburg Festival for Arturo Toscanini. His career was interrupted by the rise of the Nazis' influence on Hungarian politics, and being of Jewish background he fled the increasingly harsh Hungarian anti-Jewish laws in 1938. After conducting a season of Russian ballet in London at the Royal Opera House he found refuge in Switzerland, where he remained during the Second World War. Prohibited from conducting there, he earned a living as a pianist.

Text and Narrator: Sir Peter Ustinov

Producer: Götz Friedrich

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Sir Georg Solti

Soundtrack: Decca Record Company Ltd.

A production of ZDF and 3sat

Directed by Georg Wübbolt

German Summary:

Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti [koˈsi ˈfan ˈtutte] (it.), (dt. „So machen es alle oder Die Schule der Liebenden“) ist eine Oper in zwei Akten von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, KV 588, nach einem Libretto von Lorenzo Da Ponte. Mozart begann mit der Komposition im Herbst des Jahres 1789. Uraufgeführt wurde die Oper am 26. Januar 1790 im „alten“ Wiener Burgtheater am Michaelerplatz.

Sir Georg Solti [ˈʃolti], KBE (* 21. Oktober 1912 in Budapest als György Stern; † 5. September 1997 in Antibes, Frankreich) war ein ungarisch-britischer Dirigent jüdischer Abstammung.

Text und Sprecher: Sir Peter Ustinov

Inszenierung: Götz Friedrich

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Dirigent: Sir Georg Solti

Soundtrack: Decca Record Company Ltd.

Eine produktion von ZDF und 3sat, 1995

Regie Georg Wübbolt

CAST:

Fiordiligi: Pilar Lorengar

Dorabella: Teresa Berganza

Farrando: Ryland Davies

Guglielmo: Tom Krause

Despina: Jane Berbié

Don Alfonso: Gabriel Bacquier