Così fan tutte

"This film records for posterity Jonathan Miller's famous "Armani Così" at Covent Garden, so called because of the frequent use of that fashion house's suits as costumes ... This revival had a great cast to help it along. Maria Bengtsson is a wonderful Fiordiligi, her singing sensitive, secure and deeply nuanced ... Jurgita Adamonyté's Dorabella is well also sweet and light ... My favourite among the men was Stéphane Degout's Guglielmo: his is a warm, humane baritone who sings with great beauty rather than just buffo humour ... Thomas Hengelbrock's acres of experience with period performance means that Mozart's score crackles under his direction. The vocal ensembles, in particular, are a delight ... If you're looking for a modern dress Così ... then Miller's is one of the best ones to go for ... Humane, warm and satisfying: hard to ask for much more than that in Mozart".

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"Sangerne er på dvd'en endnu ikke helt så indlevede som nu, men man mærker, at Chereau er en stor personinstruktør ... Den unge Daniel Harding er ikke en god Mozart-dirigent, men hans Mozart-ensemble er strålende. Stjernen er den vidunderlige mezzosopran Elina Garanca som Dorabella, men også Erin Wall som Fiordiligi synger dejligt ... Herrerne Stéphane Degut og Shawn Mathey er endnu ret ukendte, men de vil ikke forblive det".

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"... givende i ægteparret Herrmanns opsætning. De to piger ved hele tiden, at deres kærester har indgået et væddemål om at skulle forføre den andens kæreste. Det giver endnu et lag, men det holder. Ægte følelser erstatter de mere konventionelle. Fin sangerbesætning".

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"Ægteparret Herrmanns lækre og stilrene "Così fan tutte"".

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"Scenografen Mauro Carosi som kongenial genskaber af det 1790ernes Napoli, hvor den både bedårende og risikabelt balancerende handling om partnerbytte foregår. Riccardo Muti dirigerer med stringent og drilsk kulde, og på scenen træder sopranen Barbara Frittoli og mezzosopranen Angelika Kirchschlager frem ... Bo Skovhus og Michael Schade ... får så for alvor glød, da de i forklædning stryger til hinandens kærester. Der er ikke meget håb om andetsteds at opleve en så pragtbåren forestilling".

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"I den smukke stil er der intet bedre at få end Cosi van tutte sat op af Michael Hampe i Salzburg i 1983. Den kan man kun give sig hen i. Sikke fortryllende billeder med en scenegang lige så psykologisk nærværende som i nogen anden opførelse".

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"Thrilling moments in a major new Cosi ... Musically, things are also mixed ... The men are good - a nice combination of character and virtuosity; Garanča and Bonney are exceptional ... An important record of a major occasion but, perhaps, one that was immortalised a little too early".

"Vurdering: Gramophone recommends" - "All the humour is there ... the delightful Persson and Vondung make a wholly believable and vocally attractive Fiordiligi and Dorabella, and deliver their music in ideal Mozartian tone and style".

"Die schwierigste aller Mozart-Opern - "Cosi fan tutte" ... bei den denkwürdigen Salzburger Festspielen 2020 der anrührende Moment einer reifen, schönen, schlichten Mozart-Premiere, bei der alles traumklar harmoniert: Spiel, Gesang und Konzept. Diese makellose Aufführung war aus dem Moment geboren ... Einer Schar von Profis wie dem Amadeus-erfahrenen Regisseur Christof Loy. Und mit einer 34-Jährigen, intelligenten aber auch intuitiven Dirigentin. Die den Wiener Philharmonikern ihren honig-runden Klang erhält ... Joana Mallwitz ... Die Spieler agieren gelassen. Jeder ist als Spieler wie Vokalist grossartig ... Die Timbre mischen sie deliziös: Elsa Dreisig, Marianne Crebassa ... ein singspielsextett der überirdischen Art".

"Nogle ting i 2020 fungerede endnu bedre end normalt, og det gælder f.eks. Salzburg Festivalens opsætning af Mozarts komedie 'Cosí fan tutte', som Die Welt hyldede som "den bedste Mosartproduktion i Salzburg i årtier" ... Det kreative team bag produktionen er imponerende ... Blandt de medvirkende finder man den hurtigt voksende operastjerne dansk-franske sopran Elsa Dresig, der synger partiet som Fiordiligi ... Christof Loys iscenesættelse ... er ukompliceret og ført op til vor tid".

"Editor's choice: It's something of a miracle that this production of Così fan Tutte took place at all - but then, it was going to take a lot more than a global pandemic to stop Helga Rabl-Stadler (festival president) from salvaging the Salzburg Festival's centenary season ... It's frankly difficult to imagine a better-cast Così today. Elsa Dreisig sings the treacherously difficult role of Fiordiligi superbly, with pearly top notes and rock-solid technique ... while French mezzo Marianne Crebassa is a delicious Dorabella ... Mallwitz really makes Mozart's score 'zing', keeping the Vienna Philharmonic light on their toes".

"Nicht die Sänger sind in diese Così fan Tutte so bedeutsam, sondern die Szene ... Das wird ebenso traumschön wie treffsicher ausgespielt, getanzt und gesungen von einem harmonischen, beweglichen Vokalsextett ... Jaquelyn Wagner hat Kraft und Allüre für die Fiordiligi. Michèle Losier ist eine angenehm timbrierte Dorabella ... Philippe Jordan ... in feinflexiblen Tempi mitatmet [der Musik]".

"Editor's choice: Jacquelyn Wagner is a poised Fiordiligi, with plenty of power for 'Come scoglio', while Michèle Losier sings a stylish Dorabella ... The men are even finer, particularly Philippe Sly's Guglielmo ... With Philippe Jordan drawing excellent orchestral playing from the pit, with witty fortepiano recitatives, this is a most unusual Così which eventually had me hooked".

"The sets by Rolf Glittenberg take a clean, bright, minimalistic approach ... The singing is uniformly excellent ... a marvellous, celver, musically superb performance".

"This DVD release from september 2010 ... becomes its first manifestation on the small screen, and very welcome it is ... with Fiordiligi and Dorabella as fashion designers, Ferrando and Guglielmo as soldiers decked out in powder-blue UN peacekeeping force berets .. It's a wry take on the opera, Miller emphasising that the plot is not so much about testing the fiancées' faithfulness, but an adventure in self-discovery ... Don Alfonso ... performed here by Thomas Allen ... delivers his recitatives with a natural patter and is completely at home in this staging ... Both young soldiers are very fine. Stéphane Degout is a classy Guglielmo ... Pavol Breslik's tenor is beefier than many in Mozart ... Maria Bengtsson and Jurgita Adamonyte sing well as Fiordiligi and Dorabella ... Thomas Hengelbrock introduces period manners and fleet tempos to the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in what is a really satisfying account".

"Opulenter Bilderbogen mediterraner Lebens- und Liebesart in wunderschönen, zwischen Rokoko und Frühromantik changierenden Dekorationen ... Brillianter und zugleich ausbalancierter als von Riccardo Muti wird man das Stück selten hören".

Vurdering (Szene): 3/5.

Vurdering (Musik): 4/5.

"It's a visually handsome blend, and if there's a suggestion of the chocolate box then at least the chocolates are clearly luxury products ... Conductor Riccardo Muti's springy rhythms are the foundation for alert playing and light textures".

Vurdering (performance): 4/5.

Vurdering (presentation): 3/5.

"Everyone in the cast collaborates well musically and dramatically ... The orchestral contribution under Sylvain Cambreling works better in Act 1".

"The acting is perfect; and it's beautifully caught by Hannes Rossacher, the TV director. The palm for singing goes to Anett Fritsch but the rest of the cast ... are not far behind".