Cosi fan tutte
Composer
Librettist
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(11/24)
Stage Director(s)
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Designer
Chorus Director
Lighting Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Susan Webb(11/24)
Cast
Ferrando
James Hoback(11/24)
Guglielmo
Jake Gardner(11/24)
Don Alfonso
Wayne Turnage(11/24)
Fiordiligi
Rebecca Cook(11/24)
Dorabella
Susan Quittmeyer(11/24)
Despina
Pamela South(11/24)
Show Dates
Broadcast
11/16/1979 live broadcast, KKHI and NPR.
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
Media
Acknowledgements
This production of "Così fan tutte" was made possible, in 1970, by a generous and deeply appreciated gift from Crocker National Bank.
Notes
11/16/1979 live broadcast, KKHI and NPR. Intermission interview: Talks about Mozart, John Pritchard, Anne Howells, Dale Duesing, Thomas Stewart and Richard Bradshaw (guests).
The performance of November 24 was a "Special Family-Priced Matinee"
That performance used the English translation by RUTH AND THOMAS MARTIN