Thu 28 May
|Opera Holland Park
Così fan tutte (Opera Holland Park)
Slapstick and the sublime collide as two sisters and their beaux are put to the test by a streetwise maid and a devious misanthrope in a series of outrageous seductions.
Time & Location
28 May 2026, 19:15 – 13 Jun 2026, 23:15
Opera Holland Park, Opera Holland Park Theatre, Ilchester Pl, London W8 6LU, UK
About the event
More info: https://operahollandpark.com/productions/cosi-fan-tutte-3/
Mozart and Da Ponte’s delicious 1790 Neapolitan comedy plays on modern ‘scientific’ fascinations with mesmerism and the exotic, characters drawn from the baroque opera buffa tradition and the volcanic rumblings of Vesuvius, all posing the question: is this love or just infatuation?
Cecilia Stinton’s new production of Così fan tutte sees a return to comedy from the director of last year’s highly praised production of Donizetti’s gothic tragedy, Lucia di Lammermoor, with designs again by Neil Irish and lighting by Robert Price. Former Opera Holland Park Young Artist and rising star in opera and on the concert platform Charlotte Corderoy (The Barber of Seville, 2024) conducts, with a cast led by Paul Carey Jones (The Flying Dutchman, 2025) and Elizabeth Karani (Acis and Galatea, 2024) as the scheming cynic Don Alfonso and his on/off accomplice Despina.
They are joined by Paul Grant (Figaro in Stinton’s 2024 Barber)…