The Athens Concert Hall will screen a recorded Metropolitan Opera performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Così fan tutte on the evening of October 11 in the Alexandra Trianti Hall.
The broadcast brings the New York production of Mozart's celebrated opera to audiences in Athens, featuring an international cast and conductor Nimrod David Pfeffer on the podium.
Director Phelim McDermott has reimagined the plot by transferring its setting to a seaside amusement park reminiscent of New York's legendary Coney Island. The production uses the historic entertainment hub as a paradoxical backdrop where daily life is suspended and anything appears possible.
Written in 1790 to a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, the opera explores human weakness, romantic fidelity, and the boundaries of love. The story follows two young officers who wager that their fiancées will stay faithful, launching a game of disguise that rapidly spirals out of their control. In McDermott's staging, the two couples confront tests that challenge both their relationships and their core identities.
Cast and Musical Direction
Soprano Federica Lombardi stars as Fiordiligi alongside mezzo soprano Samantha Hankey as Dorabella. Soprano Ana María Martínez performs the role of the maid Despina.
Tenor Duke Kim sings Ferrando, baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky appears as Guglielmo, and bass baritone Gerald Finley takes on the role of Don Alfonso. Maestro Nimrod David Pfeffer conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus for the recorded performance.
Background and Venue
The Athens Concert Hall, known locally as the Megaron, regularly hosts recorded transmissions from leading international opera houses in its Alexandra Trianti Hall. The venue allows Greek audiences to experience high-definition recordings of performances from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Mozart composed Così fan tutte, subtitled All Women Do It, in Vienna in 1790. It marked the third and final collaboration between the composer and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, following their earlier successes with The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni.
