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 1956 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Hans Schwieger Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Stage setting and lighting by George Jenkins Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Costume sketches James Stearns Costumers Goldstein & Co. Metal furniture by Molla Cast Fiordiligi Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Dorabella, her sister Nell Rankin Despina, maid to Fiordiligi and Dorabella Patrice Munsel Ferrando, Dorabella's fiancé Richard Lewis Guglielmo, Fiordiligi's fiancé Frank Guarrera Don Alfonso Lorenzo Alvary Show Dates Tue, Oct 2 1956, 8:30pm Sat, Oct 6 1956, 8pm Sun, Oct 14 1956, 2pm Time and Place Eighteenth-century Naples Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- A sidewalk café Scene 2 -- A garden of Fiordiligi and Dorabella's villa Scene 3 -- The ladies' boudoir Scene 4 -- The garden Act II, Scene 1 -- The ladies' boudoir Scene 2 -- The garden Scene 3 -- The ladies' boudoir Scene 4 -- The drawing room of the villa Media Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Frank Guarrera (Guglielmo), Nell Rankin (Dorabella), Patrice Munsel (Despina), Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi), Richard Lewis (Ferrando) Credit Lackenbach Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso) Credit Lackenbach Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiorgiligi), Patrice Munsell (Despina), Nell Rankin (Dorabella) Credit Lackenbach Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso), Frank Guarrera (Guglielmo), Nell Rankin (Dorabella), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi) Credit Lackenbach Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Ferrando), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi) Credit Lackenbach Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiorgiligi), Nell Rankin (Dorabella) Credit Lackenbach Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Frank Guarrera (Guglielmo), Nell Rankin (Dorabella) Credit Lackenbach Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Ferrando), Frank Guarrera (Guglielmo), Patrice Munsel (Despina), Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso) Credit Lackenbach Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso), Patrice Munsel (Despina) Credit Lackenbach Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1956_04_compressed.pdf (9.77 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- New Production In observance of the Mozart Bicentenary
Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Frank Guarrera (Guglielmo), Nell Rankin (Dorabella), Patrice Munsel (Despina), Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi), Richard Lewis (Ferrando) Credit Lackenbach
Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso) Credit Lackenbach
Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiorgiligi), Patrice Munsell (Despina), Nell Rankin (Dorabella) Credit Lackenbach
Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso), Frank Guarrera (Guglielmo), Nell Rankin (Dorabella), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi) Credit Lackenbach
Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Ferrando), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi) Credit Lackenbach
Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiorgiligi), Nell Rankin (Dorabella) Credit Lackenbach
Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Frank Guarrera (Guglielmo), Nell Rankin (Dorabella) Credit Lackenbach
Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Ferrando), Frank Guarrera (Guglielmo), Patrice Munsel (Despina), Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso) Credit Lackenbach
Image Così fan tutte, Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso), Patrice Munsel (Despina) Credit Lackenbach