Cosi fan tutte Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1979 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor and harpsichord continuo David Agler Stage Director(s) Nicolas Joël Assistant Stage Director(s) Nicholas Deutsch Designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Chorus Director Richard Bradshaw Lighting Director Christine Wopat Musical Preparation Terry Lusk Prompter Susan Webb Cast Ferrando James Hoback Guglielmo Jake Gardner Don Alfonso Wayne Turnage Fiordiligi Rebecca Cook Dorabella Susan Quittmeyer Despina Pamela South Show Dates Wed, Nov 7 1979, 1pm Fri, Nov 9 1979, 1pm Wed, Nov 14 1979, 1pm Tue, Nov 20 1979, 1pm Fri, Nov 23 1979, 1pm Time and Place Late eighteenth-century Naples Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- An inn Scene 2 -- A garden of Fiordiligi and Dorabella's villa Scene 3 -- The girls' room Scene 4 -- The garden Act II, Scene 1 -- The girls' room Scene 2 -- The garden Scene 3 -- The girls' room Scene 4 -- The garden Acknowledgements This production of "Così fan tutte" was made possible, in 1970, by a generous and deeply appreciated gift from Crocker National Bank. Notes These performances used the English translation by RUTH AND THOMAS MARTIN The performance of November 23 was a "Special Matinee for Senior Citizens" and it was sponsored by Bay View Federal Savings and Loan Association