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 1963 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Janos Ferencsik Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Designer George Jenkins Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Recitative accompaniment George Lawner Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Ferrando, Dorabella's fiancé Cesare Valletti Guglielmo, Fiordiligi's fiancé Hermann Prey Don Alfonso, an elderly bachelor Leonardo Wolovsky Fiordiligi, a lady of Ferrara Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Dorabella, her sister Helen Vanni Despina, their maid Reri Grist Show Dates Sat, Oct 19 1963, 8pm Tue, Oct 29 1963, 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, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwartzkopf (Fiordiligi), Helen Vanni (Dorabella) Credit Pete Peters Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwartzkopf (Fiordiligi), Helen Vanni (Dorabella), Hermann Prey (Guglielmo) Credit Pete Peters Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Cesare Valletti (Ferrando) Leonardo Wolovsky (Don Alfonso), Hermann Prey (Guglielmo) Credit Pete Peters Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1963_04_compressed.pdf (11.27 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwartzkopf (Fiordiligi), Helen Vanni (Dorabella) Credit Pete Peters
Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwartzkopf (Fiordiligi), Helen Vanni (Dorabella), Hermann Prey (Guglielmo) Credit Pete Peters
Image Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Cesare Valletti (Ferrando) Leonardo Wolovsky (Don Alfonso), Hermann Prey (Guglielmo) Credit Pete Peters