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Virginia Opera presents Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" this weekend

VPM | By Mike Goldberg

Published February 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM EST

Wm. Clay Thompson as Don Alfonso, Ethan Vincent as Guglielmo, Terrence Chin-Loy as Ferrando, Ashley Fabian as Despina, Kristen Choi as Dorabella, and Keely Futterer as Fiordiligi

This weekend in the Carpenter Theatre, Virginia Opera will be presenting Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte," the comic opera that's all above love and a test of loyalty. The opera premiered in 1790 in Vienna and it's the last of Mozart's three operas with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, the others being The Marriage of Figaro (1786) and Don Giovanni (1787).

I caught up with Artistic Director Adam Turner for a preview. The Virginia Symphony will be in the pit for this production and the Richmond performances are Friday evening (2/28) at 7:30pm and Sunday afternoon, March 2nd at 2:30pm.

Yours in good music,
Mike Goldberg
Classical Host, VPM Music

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