Così fan tutte
Garsington Opera, 7 June 2015

Garsington Opera’s 26^th season (the 5^th in their spectacular new home on the Wormsley estate) saw them spreading their wings with more educational projects and partnerships with the Royal Shakespeare Company and, in future years, Rambert and the Philharmonia Orchestra. As usual, they presented a mixed programme of popular operas, including the regularly returning Mozart, in this case with Così fan tutte.

The action was underway before the audience took their seats (in the award-winning architectural delight of the auditorium), with even more than usually well-heeled couples chatting engagingly and quaffed bubbly in the grounds. It then became apparent that they, and we, were all part of one of those weddings from hell. Outrageously dressed (and overly intoxicated) women, in high baroque wigs and dress, cavorted Continue reading →