English Touring Opera’s spring 2013 season features three masterpieces of bel canto opera, including Così fan tutte, which in many ways is Mozart’s most perfect opera score, and Da Ponte’s most challenging script.
In one day fiancés are parted, and new fiancés found – or so it seems. Discovering they are not at all the people they thought they were is strange, exciting, and very embarrassing.
Director Paul Higgins, who has worked on many famous productions at the Royal Opera House, has a special love for this opera, with all its fun and folly, because of the warm, beating heart that pulses through the music.
His new, period production will be sung by a remarkable cast, including Laura Mitchell, Kitty Whately and Paula Sides (all firm ETO favourites), with tenor Anthony Gregory as the passionate Ferrando and Richard Mosley-Evans (Gianni Schicchi) as the man pulling the strings.
Sung in English – running time TBC
ETO’s spring season opens with performances of Così fan tutte at Hackney Empire on Saturday 2 March 2013, and tours alongside Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra and Donizetti’s The Siege of Calais until Thursday 30 May. See the list below for full tour dates, visit ETO’s website for more information or sign up to ETO’s mailing list to be notified of any additional news, dates and venues.
Tour dates:
1. Hackney Empire, Mare Street, Hackney, London, UK
Sat 2 March 2013: Così fan tutte
Thu 7 March 2013: Così fan tutte
Fri 8 March 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Sat 9 March 2013: The Siege of Calais
Booking information: 020 8985 2424 / www.hackneyempire.co.uk
2. Leicester Curve Theatre, Leicester, UK
Mon 11 March 2013: Così fan tutte
Tue 12 March 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Booking information: 0116 242 3595 / www.curveonline.co.uk
3. Churchill Theatre, Bromley, Kent, UK
Fri 15 March 2013: Così fan tutte
Sat 16 March 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Booking information: 08448 717 620 / www.churchilltheatre.co.uk
4. Exeter Northcott, Exeter, Devon, UK
Tue 19 March 2013: Così fan tutte
Wed 20 March 2013: Così fan tutte
Thu 21 March 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Fri 22 March 2013: The Siege of Calais
Sat 23 March 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Booking information: 01392 493493 / www.exeternorthcott.co.uk
5. Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich, UK
Mon 25 March 2013: Così fan tutte
Tue 26 March 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Wed 27 March 2013: The Siege of Calais
Booking information: 01603 63 00 00 / www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk
6. The Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, UK
Tue 2 April 2013: Così fan tutte
Wed 3 April 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Booking information: 01293 55 36 36 / www.hawth.co.uk
7. Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, UK
Fri 5 April 2013: Così fan tutte
Sat 6 April 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Booking information: 0844 406 8666 / www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
8. Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, UK
Mon 8 April 2013: Così fan tutte
Tue 9 April 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Booking information: 0114 249 6000 / www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
9. York Theatre Royal, York, UK
Thu 11 April 2013: Così fan tutte
Fri 12 April 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Sat 13 April 2013: The Siege of Calais
Booking information: 01904 623568 / www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
10. Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, UK
Mon 15 April 2013: Così fan tutte
Tue 16 April 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Booking information: 01902 42 92 12 / www.grandtheatre.info
11. Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK
Thu 18 April 2013: Così fan tutte
Fri 19 April 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Sat 20 April 2013: The Siege of Calais
Booking information: 01728 687 110 / www.aldeburgh.co.uk
12. Gala Theatre, Durham, County Durham, UK
Mon 22 April 2013: Così fan tutte
Tue 23 April 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Booking information: 0191 332 4041 / www.galadurham.co.uk
13. Buxton Opera House, Buxton, Derbyshire, UK
Thu 25 Apr 2013: Così fan tutte
Fri 26 Apr 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Sat 27 Apr 2013: The Siege of Calais
Booking information: 0845 127 2190 / www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
14. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
Tue 30 Apr 2013: Così fan tutte
Wed 1 May 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Thu 2 May 2013: The Siege of Calais
Fri 3 May 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Sat 4 May 2013: Così fan tutte
Booking information: 01242 572 573 / www.everymantheatre.org.uk
15. Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Warwickshire, UK
Wed 8 May 2013: Così fan tutte
Thu 9 May 2013: Così fan tutte
Fri 10 May 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Sat 11 May 2013: The Siege of Calais
Booking information: 024 7652 4524 / www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
16. Festival Theatre, Perth, Perthshire, UK
Thu 16 May 2013: The Siege of Calais
Fri 17 May 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Sat 18 May 2013: Così fan tutte
Booking information: 01738 621 031 / www.perthfestival.co.uk
17. Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
Tue 21 May 2013: The Siege of Calais
Wed 22 May 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Thu 23 May 2013: Così fan tutte
Fri 24 May 2013: Così fan tutte
Sat 25 May 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Booking information: 01223 503 333 / www.cambridgeartstheatre.com
18. G-Live, Guildford, Surrey, UK
Mon 27 May 2013: Così fan tutte
Tue 28 May 2013: Simon Boccanegra
Booking information: 0844 7701 797 / www.glive.co.uk
19. Truro Cathedral, Truro, Cornwall, UK
Thu 30 May 2013: Simon Boccanegra Concert Performance
Booking via Hall for Cornwall, Truro: 01872 262466 / www.hallforcornwall.co.uk