| English National Opera - Così fan tutte Reviews | 20 April 2024 |
Christine Rice
Kate Valentine, Randall Bills, Marcus Farnsworth, Christine Rice, Sally Reeve
Mary Bevan, Marcus Farnsworth, Roderick Williams, Randall Bills
Christine Rice, Randall Bills, Kate Valentine, Marcus Farnsworth
Randall Bills, Christine Rice
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Così fan tutteEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 18 | |
Opera is the new circus |
 9 Jul 14 / Independent |
Phelim McDermott's staging of Così fan tutte is great fun, from beginning to the end |
| 4 Jun 14 / Musical Criticism |
Cositeando en Coney Island |
| 4 Jun 14 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Wigglesworth is an excellent musician; Mozart, however, is very clearly not his thing |
| 1 Jun 14 / Boulezian |
Overall, the production is entertaining, but there is nothing here to rock the boat |
| 27 May 14 / Music OMH |
Vulgarised Così fan tutte does Mozart no favours |
| 26 May 14 / Seen and Heard |
Phelim McDermott's fairground delights soon wear thin |
| 25 May 14 / The Observer |
"All ladies are like that": Così at the Carnival |
| 25 May 14 / Bachtrack |
It's all great fun |
| 24 May 14 / Musical Criticism |
Its setting is inventive, but this production lacks human drama |
| 22 May 14 / Financial Times |
Joyfully liberated |
| 21 May 14 / Independent |
This rollercoaster of a production by Phelim McDermott is full of thrills and spills |
| 20 May 14 / Evening Standard |
A lively and entertaining evening |
| 20 May 14 / The Stage |
Fun but superficial spin on Mozart |
| 19 May 14 / The Guardian |
A fresh and fun take on Così |
| 18 May 14 / Classical Source |
Amiable and colourful |
| 18 May 14 / Telegraph |
All the fun of the fair at ENO as Mozart's amorous merry-go-round returns in a sparkling new production |
| 18 May 14 / What's on Stage |
A witty, exuberant and quietly revisionist production of Mozart’s challenging comedy |
| 18 May 14 / The Arts Desk |
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Cosi fan tutte in a fairground
Rather than feeling constrained by the essential silliness of Cosi fan Tutte's plot, it liberated the imagination of director Phelim McDermott and his designer Tom Pye.
Rather than feeling constrained by the essential silliness of Cosi fan Tutte's plot, it liberated the imagination of director Phelim McDermott and his designer Tom Pye.
Production details
Cast
Valentine, Rice, Bills, Farnsworth, Bevan, Williams
(c) Wigglesworth (d) McDermott
Performance dates
16, 22, 24, 30 May, 2, 4, 6, 13 June 2014
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