Met Opera Live in HD to Feature Mozart’s "Così fan tutte" on March 31

11:30 and noon, March 31, 2018

Published:
March 28, 2018

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s dark comedy, Così fan tutte, will be streamed at noon in Grinnell College’s Harris Center Cinema on Saturday, March 31, as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD program. Soprano Randye Jones, a performer and music researcher, will deliver the opera talk at 11:30 a.m. in the cinema, 1114 10th Ave., Grinnell.

In Così fan tutte, a cynical philosopher, Don Alfonso, tries to prove to two young officers, Ferrando and Guglielmo, that their fiancées will be unfaithful. In this production, director Phelim McDermott has set Così fan tutte in a carnival-esque, funhouse environment inspired by 1950s Coney Island — complete with bearded ladies, fire eaters and a Ferris wheel. Among the cast are veterans of the Coney Island sideshow scene. 

A New York Times article quotes Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met, saying, “As one of the stagehands said, ‘I always knew the Met was a circus — now it really is one.’”

Refreshments will be available for sale in the lobby of the cinema before each opera and during intermission.

Tickets are available at the Pioneer Bookshop and at the door on the day of the show. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students, children, and Met Opera members.

Grinnell College welcomes the participation of people with disabilities. Accommodation requests may be made to Conference Operations.
The College welcomes the presence of minors at all age-appropriate public events and for informal visits, with the understanding that a parent, legal guardian, or other responsible adult assumes full responsibility for their child’s safety and behavior during such visits or events. In these cases the College expects that an adult responsible for the visiting child takes measures to ensure the child’s safety and sees that the child complies with directions of College personnel. Grinnell College is not responsible for supervision of minors on campus.
This venue is equipped with an induction hearing loop system, which enables individuals with hearing aids set to T-Coil to hear the program.
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