Ashamed, Dorabella and Fiordiligi have to admit their fickleness in the matter of love; in despair, the deceived love-investigators Ferrando and Guglielmo seek vengeance.
Yet the wise philosopher Don Alfonso explains the world and calms all the participants: “Women are like that!”
For the light-hearted, almost burlesque farce of the gallant era, Mozart finds entertaining musical forms of expression with lively melodies and with brilliant witticism, allowing the satirical piece to hover a few centimeters above the ground of reality.
In September, Thomas Hengelbrock conducts Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte in the venerable Royal Opera House. The audience can look forward to an entertaining evening with stage direction by Jonathan Miller and top-class soloists.