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 1957 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Erich Leinsdorf Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Fiordiligi Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Dorabella, her sister Nan Merriman Despina, maid to Fiordiligi and Dorabella Rita Streich Ferrando, Dorabella's fiancé Richard Lewis Guglielmo, Fiordiligi's fiancé Heinz Blankenburg Don Alfonso Lorenzo Alvary Show Dates Tue, Oct 22 1957, 8:30pm Thu, Oct 24 1957, 8pm 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, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1957. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Heinz Blankenburg (Guglielmo) Credit Maria Jeanette Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1957. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso) Credit Maria Jeanette Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1957. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Nan Merriman (Dorabella) Credit Maria Jeanette Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1957. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Rita Streich (Despina) Credit Maria Jeanette Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1957. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Frank Guarrera (Guglielmo) Credit Lackenbach
Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1957. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Heinz Blankenburg (Guglielmo) Credit Maria Jeanette
Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1957. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Don Alfonso) Credit Maria Jeanette
Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1957. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Nan Merriman (Dorabella) Credit Maria Jeanette
Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1957. Photographer: Maria Jeanette/San Francisco Opera. Rita Streich (Despina) Credit Maria Jeanette
Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1957. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Frank Guarrera (Guglielmo) Credit Lackenbach