Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Run Time: 3 hours, 31 minutes
Pre-Opera Lecture: 12:00PM, Charlottesville Opera’s Allen Hench
Approximate intermission time: 2:35PM
Approximate end time: 4:40PM
Live Performance Broadcast
Sung in: Italian
A winning cast comes together for Phelim McDermott’s clever vision of Mozart’s comedy about the sexes, set in a carnival-esque, funhouse environment inspired by 1950s Coney Island—complete with bearded ladies, fire eaters, and a Ferris wheel. Manipulating the action are the Don Alfonso of Christopher Maltman and the Despina of Tony Award–winner Kelli O’Hara, with Amanda Majeski, Serena Malfi, Ben Bliss, and Adam Plachetka as the pairs of young lovers who test each other’s faithfulness. David Robertson conducts.
Please join us for a complimentary pre-opera lecture in The Paramount Theater Auditorium at 12:00PM. The lecture for Così fan tutte will be conducted by Charlottesville Opera’s Allen Hench.