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 1970 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor John Pritchard Production Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Chorus Director Francesco Prestia Musical preparation and recitative accompaniment Philip Eisenberg Designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Davis L. West Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Ferrando Ryland Davies Guglielmo Alberto Rinaldi Don Alfonso Renato Capecchi Fiordiligi Margaret Price Dorabella Teresa Berganza Rosalind Elias(10/23,28) Despina Graziella Sciutti Show Dates Sat, Oct 17 1970, 8pm Tue, Oct 20 1970, 8:30pm Fri, Oct 23 1970, 8pm Wed, Oct 28 1970, 8pm Time and Place 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 Media Image Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Margaret Price (Fiordiligi) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Image Teresa Berganza (Dorabella), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Teresa Berganza (Dorabella) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Image Graziella Sciutti (Despina), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Graziella Sciutti (Despina) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Image Ryland Davies (Ferrando), Alberto Rinaldi (Guglielmo), Renato Capecchi (Don Alfonso), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Ryland Davies (Ferrando), Alberto Rinaldi (Guglielmo), and Renato Capecchi (Don Alfonso) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Image Renato Capecchi (Don Alfonso), Ryland Davies (Ferrando), Alberto Rinaldi (Guglielmo), Graziella Sciutti (Despina), Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Teresa Berganza (Dorabella), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Act I Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Image Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Alberto Rinaldi (Guglielmo), Renato Capecchi (Don Alfonso), Ryland Davies (Ferrando), Teresa Berganza (Dorabella), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Act I Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Image Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Teresa Berganza (Dorabella), Renato Capecchi (Don Alfonso), Alberto Rinaldi (Guglielmo), Ryland Davies (Ferrando), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Act II Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1970_04_compressed.pdf (19.67 MB) Acknowledgements This new production of "Così fan tutte" is made possible through a grant from Crocker-Citizens National Bank. Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- New production
Image Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Margaret Price (Fiordiligi) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera
Image Teresa Berganza (Dorabella), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Teresa Berganza (Dorabella) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera
Image Graziella Sciutti (Despina), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Graziella Sciutti (Despina) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera
Image Ryland Davies (Ferrando), Alberto Rinaldi (Guglielmo), Renato Capecchi (Don Alfonso), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Ryland Davies (Ferrando), Alberto Rinaldi (Guglielmo), and Renato Capecchi (Don Alfonso) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera
Image Renato Capecchi (Don Alfonso), Ryland Davies (Ferrando), Alberto Rinaldi (Guglielmo), Graziella Sciutti (Despina), Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Teresa Berganza (Dorabella), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Act I Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera
Image Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Alberto Rinaldi (Guglielmo), Renato Capecchi (Don Alfonso), Ryland Davies (Ferrando), Teresa Berganza (Dorabella), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Act I Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera
Image Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Teresa Berganza (Dorabella), Renato Capecchi (Don Alfonso), Alberto Rinaldi (Guglielmo), Ryland Davies (Ferrando), Così fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Act II Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera