1305 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto, California 94301

Experience West Bay Opera, the company dubbed "California's most consistently satisfying small opera company" by Opera News.

Currently in the midst of 52nd annual season, West Bay Opera is about to unveil a new, fully staged version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's comic opera "Cosi fan tutte".

Set in Naples during the 1700s, "Cosi fan tutte" tells the charming tale of love and betrayal, with humorous misunderstandings that lead to an inevitable happy ending. This proverbial story is set into motion by the mischievous deeds of Don Alfonso who convinces two young officers to test the faithfulness of their girlfriends. Mozart wrote some of his most sublime operatic music for "Cosi fan tutte", as he and master librettist Lorenzo da Ponte poked fun at the Viennese Court's widespread practice of swapping girlfriends and boyfriends.

West Bay Opera's "Cosi fan tutte" will be performed in Italian with English titles. The opera will be conducted by Barbara Day Turner and directed by Douglas Nagel.

Dates: February 15 - 24

Times: Fridays and Saturdays @ 8pm
Sundays at 2pm

Box Office: (650) 424-9999 and acteva.com; artsopolis.com

Pictured: Brian Thorsett, Sascha Joggerst, Meghan Dibble, Teressa Byrne in West Bay Opera's Cosi fan tutte. Photo by Otak Jump

Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of NEQA.

Added by NEQA on March 3, 2008

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