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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart operas
Le nozze di Figaro (1786)
Don Giovanni (1787)
Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (1790)
La clemenza di Tito (1791)
Die Zauberflöte (1791)

“Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Thus Do They All, or The School For Lovers

Premiere / date of written: 26 January 1790

Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (Thus Do They All, or The School For Lovers) K. 588, is an Italian language opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed in 1790. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

Così fan tutte is one of the three Mozart operas for which Da Ponte wrote the libretto. The other two Da Ponte-Mozart collaborations were Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni.

Libretti

# Language Authors
1 Italian Lorenzo Da Ponte
2 German
3 English William Weaver, 1963
4 French B. Vierne

original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto

Audio recordings

Year Cast
Conductor,
Opera chorus and orchestra
Label,
Comment
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1962
Fiordiligi — Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Dorabella — Christa Ludwig,
Despina — Hanny Steffek,
Ferrando — Alfredo Kraus,
Guglielmo — Giuseppe Taddei,
Alfonso — Walter Berry
Karl Böhm
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
CD: EMI Classics (re-issued 2000)

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1973
Fiordiligi — Pilar Lorengar,
Dorabella — Teresa Berganza,
Despina — Jane Berbié,
Ferrando — Ryland Davies,
Guglielmo — Tom Krause,
Alfonso — Gabriel Bacquier
Sir Georg Solti
London Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of the Royal Opera House
CD: Decca

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1974
Fiordiligi — Montserrat Caballé,
Dorabella — Janet Baker,
Despina — Ileana Cotrubaș,
Ferrando — Nicolai Gedda,
Guglielmo — Wladimiro Ganzarolli,
Alfonso — Richard Van Allan
Sir Colin Davis
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
CD: Philips

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$42.72

Video recordings

Year Cast
Conductor,
Opera chorus and orchestra,
Director
Label,
Comment
Buy
2006
Fiordiligi — Miah Persson,
Dorabella — Anke Vondung,
Despina — Ainhoa Garmendia,
Ferrando — Topi Lehtipuu,
Guglielmo — Luca Pisaroni,
Alfonso — Nicolas Rivenq
Iván Fischer
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Glyndebourne Chorus, London
Sir Nicholas Hytner
DVD: Opus Arte Cat: OA 0970 D OCLC 137342087

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$31.58

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